India, Jan. 5 -- Fresh war of words erupted between Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Sunday. AAP leader Baltej Pannu accused SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami of acting as a spokesperson of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal). "The invitation for Dhami's press conference was issued by the SAD (Badal), a political party. Dhami often says allegations are made that he is a spokesperson of the party. Yesterday, he himself admitted it by saying he is proud to be a soldier of the Akali Dal. It would have been better had he been a soldier of Guru Sahib," Pannu said. Pannu said the core question Dhami is avoiding is simple and unchanged, "where are the 328 missing saroops of Guru Granth Sahib which the SGPC has failed to trace to this day". Pannu also said that SGPC takes permission from the deputy commissioner to hold its general house in Amritsar, calling Dhami's claim that SGPC does not accept FIRs and does not need the police completely misleading. "SGPC itself is constituted under an Act, which is a law. Whenever SGPC holds its general house in Amritsar, it takes permission from the deputy commissioner (DC). How can you say you don't believe in FIRs or police," he said. However, the SGPC on Sunday strongly refuted the claims made by Pannu and called them factually incorrect."Under the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, after the general elections of the SGPC, only the election to the post of president during the first meeting is conducted under the supervision of the DC. Thereafter, the proceedings of the meeting are conducted by the elected president," said SGPC secretary Partap Singh in a press statement. He further clarified that after the first meeting following the general elections, the annual general meetings of the SGPC are presided over by the SGPC president in accordance with the Act, and there is no presence or role of the DC in these meetings. The SGPC secretary also said that linking the acceptance of the resignation of former SGPC chief secretary Roop Singh with the incumbent president is also baseless. He clarified that when the inquiry report was submitted by Ishar Singh and action was taken, Dhami was serving as the general secretary of the SGPC, not as its president. Earlier, Pannu, referring to the Ishar Singh report, had said that the report clearly stated that resignations of the guilty should not be accepted. "Despite this, Dhami Sahib accepted the resignation of Roop Singh. Not only that, his dues were settled and he was sent abroad. This was done to protect their own people."...