AMRITSAR/Chandigarh, April 12 -- Sukhbir Singh Badal is likely to become the president of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) again during the elections of party office bearers scheduled to be held at Teja Singh Samundri Hall, the headquarters of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) in the Golden Temple complex on Saturday.

"The party has no option or any other alternative except making him (Sukhbir) are the president," said a senior SAD leader, who was not willing to be named.

As many as 567 delegates, four each from 117 assembly constituencies in Punjab will cast their vote during the session.

The elections are being held four months after Akal Takht, in its December 2 decree, asked for a revamp of the party and election of the o...