Amritsar, June 9 -- Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday accused Akali leaders of reducing the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to a "Shiromani Golak Parbandhak Committee," driven by greed for money. Speaking at a public gathering, Mann alleged that the Badal family misused their political power to interfere in religious affairs, including manipulating the appointment of jathedars of the Akal Takht to serve their personal interests. "Driven by financial motives, the Akalis have degraded the sanctity of the SGPC and misused both it and the Akal Takht for narrow political gains," he said. Reacting sharply to Mann's comment, SGPC chief Harjinder Singh Dhami said "it is an insult to the Sikh community and its premier religious body". Dhami said the CM's remark was not only baseless and offensive to Sikh sentiments, but also displayed "intellectual bankruptcy" and "political arrogance." P2...