Akalis announce organisational polls

Dr Cheema said the previous election for SAD president was held on January 31,2008 in which Sukhbir Singh Badal was unanimously elected president of the party. He said recruitment drive to enroll primary members of the party was started on March 25 and after successful completion of the process at base level,the process for election of the circle,district and state delegates as well as organisational structure has been initiated.

All district and circle-level offices have been asked to complete the election process and submit the final list of all delegates to the party head office by August 14. After these elections,a state level delegates session will be held on August 30 to elect the party president and other office bearers in the organisational structure.

As per the party constitution one circle delegate is elected for every 100 general members,25 circle level members elect a district delegate and state level delegates are elected by the district level delegates. The number of delegates is fixed for every district. In all 445 delegates are elected.

Dr Cheema said the party recruits members from Punjab,Haryana,Rajasthan,Uttar Pradesh,Uttaranchal,Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir. Delegates are also elected from various countries at the international level.