Shiromani Akali Dal, registered with the Election Commission of India

Election Commission of India

The Election Commission of India is an autonomous, quasi-judiciary constitutional body of India. Its mission is to conduct free and fair elections in India...

 as Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann), is a splinter group, led by Simranjit Singh Mann

Simranjit Singh Mann

Simranjit Singh Mann is a politician from Punjab. He is president of a Sikh political party, Shiromani Akali Dal , that used to advocate Sikhs sedition from India and form a separate sikh nation, Khalistan...

, of the Shiromani Akali Dal

Shiromani Akali Dal

The Shiromani Akali Dal , translation: Supreme Akali Party) is a Sikh nationalist political parties based in Punjab. The current party to be recognized by the Election Commission of India is the one led by Parkash Singh Badal...

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The Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) advocates an independent state of Punjab where the majority Sikh

Sikh

A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism. It primarily originated in the 15th century in the Punjab region of South Asia. The term "Sikh" has its origin in Sanskrit term शिष्य , meaning "disciple, student" or शिक्ष , meaning "instruction"...

population of 60% of the region can exercise control of the state and establish a nation.

They represent the ethos which fear the submersion of the Sikh identity into majority Hindu India and much of their polemic is thrust on an overt and at times covert clash with Hindus particularly organizations such as Shiv Sena, VHP and RSS.

External links

• Official Site of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)