Giving an ultimatum to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday demanded an unqualified apology within 10 days for making “malicious false” statements against the Badal family during a contentious debate held at PAU, Ludhiana, or
Mr Badal wanted to talk to a member of the Gandhi family to bring about some sort of rapprochement between the Akalis and the Congress which were the two major parties at that time.
The Justice (Retd) Ranjit Singh Commission was formed by chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh when Congress came to power last year to probe the sacrilege incidents and subsequent events.