Giani Harpreet Singh elected president of new SAD faction

Satwant Kaur has been elected chairperson of the Panthic Council.

• Written by Kamaldeep Singh Brar
• Amritsar | Updated: August 11, 2025 01:24 PM IST

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He will be the first SAD president from a Scheduled Caste background. (Express Photo)

Former acting Jathedar of Akal Takht Giani Harpreet Singh was Monday unanimously elected the new president of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) faction.

The new faction has been set up by the members of the committee that was constituted initially by the Sri Akal Takht Sahib, the supreme temporal seat of the Sikhs, on December 2 last year for the reorganisation of the SAD.

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He will be the first SAD president from a Scheduled Caste background.

Meanwhile, Satwant Kaur has been elected chairperson of the Panthic Council.

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