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Reaffirming the resolve of the WSC that Akal Takht is supreme and its jathedar should be independent of all kinds of political and administrative pressures and manipulations, the leaders took those to task who opposed the convention for no reason.
PunjabNewsline News 2010
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Another 'drafting committee' of Sikh scholars, experts and thinkers would be constituted to develop system for building consensus and fixing norms for the post of the jathedar Akal Takht.
PunjabNewsline News 2010
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The Takht jathedar, who is custodian of the highest temporal seat of Sikhs, also requested the state government to take up the issue with the Centre and ask the Prime Minister to personally intervene into the matter of scrapping the black list.
The Times of India 2010
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Demanding an immediate scrapping of the infamous list, the jathedar urged the minister to extend the gesture to those Sikh youths who had left Punjab during the days of militancy and were now keen to join the mainstream.
The Times of India 2010
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The jathedar also issued a call to such individuals to send their representations †"complete with resentments, issues and problems â€" to the Akal Takht so that the same can be forwarded to the Union government through Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) for quick redressal.
The Times of India 2010
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Akal Takht jathedar, too, had echoed similar thoughts saying those facing criminal proceedings should be dealt according to law, but the innocents should be allowed to come back.
The Times of India 2010
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The lawyer was stabbed for inviting ex-communicated former Akal Takht jathedar Darshan Singh Ragi for a lecture.
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May, was released by Gurbachan Singh, jathedar (head priest) of Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of Sikh religion.
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Toronto-based Ragi, who was the jathedar of the Akal Takht at the height of militancy in Punjab, was ex-communicated in December by the Sikh clergy in Amritsar for his views on the scripture called Dasam Granth.
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AMRITSAR: A day after Union home minister P Chidambaram announced that the government was ready to facilitate the return of those Kashmiris who had gone across the Line of Control after picking up arms against the Indian authorities, Akal Takht jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh on Friday emphasised that the Sikh black list should also be reviewed.
The Times of India 2010
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