Chandigarh: Sant Ajit Singh until recently Chairman of the Parliamentary Board of the Akali Dal the Roper district unit of the party. He owes allegiance to the anti ‘Surjit Singh Barnala faction in the in a letter addressed to Mr. it Singh, Sant Ajit Singh accused the party of not keeping its election promises. The Dal he said had promised to secure the release of all detained Sikh youths and the re-instatement of army deserters A meeting of the general body and the district unit of the party was convened here. They decided to press Mr. Surjit Singh not to accept the resignation of Sant Ajit Singh keeping in view his services to Sikh Panth during the Dharam Yudh Morcha.
Article extracted from this publication >> January 17, 1986