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membership drive news

CPI-MP to hold 7-day village huddles to assess assembly poll debacle

CPI-MP to hold 7-day village huddles to assess assembly poll debacle
Published on Dec 16, 2025 07:14 pm IST

Prayagraj leads division in cooperative membership enrolment

The membership drive underway in Kaundhiara area of Prayagraj (HT )
Published on Oct 24, 2025 03:40 am IST

SAD breakaway faction starts process to form district units

Giani Harpreet Singh was elected president of SAD breakaway faction on August 11.
Published on Aug 26, 2025 07:48 am IST

Akal Takht-appointed committee to end SAD membership drive on June 18

Manpreet Singh Ayali
Published on Jun 16, 2025 08:44 am IST

SAD calls meet on April 8, to decide on polls for party chief, office-bearers

SAD leader Daljit Singh Cheema announced this on Sunday on a social platform and added that the party’s working president Balwinder Singh Bhundar would chair the meeting. (HT File)
Published on Apr 07, 2025 08:20 am IST

Akali Dal kicks off its organisational polls

Party leader Daljit Singh Cheema
Published on Apr 03, 2025 09:38 am IST

Akal Takht-appointed panel to start membership drive today

Akali leader Gurpartap Singh Wadala (HT File)
Published on Mar 18, 2025 09:24 am IST

Akal Takht panel to kickstart SAD membership drive from March 18

After failing to get support from the Sukhbir Singh Badal faction of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), the Akal Takht-constituted panel on Tuesday announced to start the party’s membership drive from March 18 after holding ‘ardas’ before the highest Sikh temporal seat.
Published on Mar 05, 2025 08:28 am IST

Takht-constituted committee mulls starting SAD membership drive

Gurpartap Singh Wadala , a member of the seven-member committee constituted by the Akal Takht on December 2 last year while pronouncing tankhah (religious punishment) to Sukhbir and other Akali leaders for mistakes committed by the party and its government from 2007-17 (HT File)
Published on Mar 03, 2025 08:30 am IST

SAD ‘unwilling’ to conduct membership drive under Takht panel: Members

Five members of the committee appointed by the Akal Takht on December 2 to oversee the reorganisation of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) met Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh on Sunday (HT File)
Published on Feb 24, 2025 03:54 am IST

If SAD keeps targeting, won’t hesitate to join politics: Giani Harpreet

Giani Harpreet Singh was sacked as Takht Damdama Sahib jathedar on February 10. (HT File)
Published on Feb 15, 2025 09:30 am IST

SAD membership drive: Meeting with Balwinder Singh Bhundar inconclusive, says Gurpartap Singh Wadala

Gurpartap Singh Wadala said Balwinder Singh Bhundar was not able to clarify the party’s position over the ongoing membership drive started by the party on January 20 and conveyed to him that it’s against the spirit of Akal Takht edict of December 2. (HT File)
Published on Feb 14, 2025 09:46 am IST

7-member panel to meet Bhundar today; seek fresh membership drive as per Akal Takht edict

The seven-member Akal Takht-constituted committee is scheduled to meet Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) working president Balwinder Singh Bhundar in Chandigarh on Thursday. The committee will ask the party to restart the membership drive as per the edict of the temporal seat. (HT File)
Published on Feb 12, 2025 10:48 pm IST

SAD membership drive: SGPC postpones Takht panel meeting to Feb 13

The Takht committee was set to meet Shiromani Akali Dal working president Balwinder Singh Bhundar to seek clarification regarding the party’s ongoing membership drive, which began on January 20 and will continue until February 20.
Published on Feb 12, 2025 05:40 am IST

Punjab: Takht panel seeks clarity on membership drive from Bhundar

Shiromani Akali Dal working president Balwinder Singh Bhundar
Published on Feb 05, 2025 06:06 am IST

7-member panel constituted by Akal Takht to meet today

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Harjinder Singh Dhami (HT File)
Published on Feb 04, 2025 06:38 am IST

SAD asks Dhami-led Takht panel to supervise membership drive

SGPC chief Harjinder Singh Dhami, SAD working president Balwinder Singh Bhundar and senior leader Daljit Singh Cheema during the party’s working committee meeting in Chandigarh on Friday. (HT Photo)
Published on Feb 01, 2025 08:06 am IST

SAD meeting on Ambedkar statue vandalism today 

A video clip had gone viral on social media in which the accused was seen hitting the statue multiple times with a hammer. (HT File)
Published on Jan 31, 2025 06:14 am IST

Wadala included in committee to oversee SAD’s membership drive

Rebel Akali leader Gurpartap Singh Wadala (HT Photo)
Updated on Jan 24, 2025 08:08 am IST

‘Clergy ’s edict being defied‘: Wadala calls on Takht jathedar

Gurpartap Singh Wadala (Sameer Sehgal/HT)
Updated on Jan 21, 2025 08:44 am IST

Sukhbir gets first membership as SAD launches drive

The Shiromani Akali Dal initiated its new membership drive from Muktsar on Monday with senior leader Sukhbir Singh Badal receiving the first membership slip at Badal village. He received the slip from a local leader. (HT)
Updated on Jan 21, 2025 06:18 am IST

No ‘rift’ in Akali Dal (WPD), says MP Amritpal’s father

Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh’s father Tarsem Singh (extreme left) with other leaders of the Akali Dal (Waris Punjab De) party at the Golden Temple on Saturday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)
Updated on Jan 19, 2025 08:04 am IST

MLA Ayali to seek jathedar directions before joining Akali Dal’s membership drive

Dakha MLA Manpreet Singh Ayali (HT File)
Updated on Jan 14, 2025 06:46 am IST

SAD working panel accepts Sukhbir’s resignation

Party’s second-most senior leader Balwinder Singh Bhundar will be the acting president until a new leadership structure is formed. (HT)
Updated on Jan 11, 2025 08:50 am IST

SAD leaders issuing ‘distorted’ statements on meeting with Akal Takht jathedar, claims rebel group

SAD leaders had met Akal Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh in Amritsar on Wednesday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)
Updated on Jan 10, 2025 07:30 am IST

SAD working committee meet on Jan 10 to decide on Sukhbir’s resignation

SAD leaders after meeting Akal Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh in Amritsar on Wednesday. (Sameer Sehgal/HT)
Updated on Jan 09, 2025 05:24 am IST

After clergy’s unity call, rebel Akali leaders dissolve group

Gurpartap Singh Wadala, convener of the “Sudhar Lehar” and is a part of the Akal Takht-constituted six-member panel for reorganisation the SAD.
Updated on Dec 04, 2024 06:18 am IST

Haryana BJP appoints district observers to give fillip to its membership drive

Former chief minister and Union power minister Manohar Lal Khattar for Karnal, Union minister Krishan Pal Gujjar for Faridabad, BJP state chief Mohan Lal Badoli and Ravinder Jaglan for Sonepat, senior BJP leader Sudha Yadav and Mahesh Chauhan for Gurugram. (HT File)
Updated on Nov 22, 2024 09:08 am IST

Haryana BJP’s core group brainstorms on organisational issues, upcoming MC polls

(From R) Union minister Manohar Lal Khattar, Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini and state BJP chief Mohan Lal Badoli and others at the BJP core committee meet. (HT Photo)
Updated on Nov 21, 2024 07:58 am IST