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Shiromani Akali Dal Delhi is a splinter group of the Shiromani Akali Dal. SADD emerged as a separate party on 22 February 1999 when a section of the
Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...
unit of the Badal-led SAD revolted against the suspension of Ranjit Singh as the
Akal Takht The Akal Takht ("Throne of the Timeless One") is one of five takhts (seats of power) of the Sikhs. It is located in the Darbar Sahib (Golden Temple) complex in Amritsar, Punjab, India. The Akal Takht (originally called Akal Bunga) was built by ...
jathedar. SADD sided with
Gurcharan Singh Tohra Panth Rattan Shiri Gurcharan Singh Tohra (24 September 1924 – 1 April 2004) was a president of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), a Sikh body in charge of controlling Gurdwara (Sikh places of worship). He died of a heart attack ...
on this issue.. The convener of the new party was Avtar Singh Autopins. SADD president is Paramjit Singh Sarna and general secretary is S. Balbir Singh (Vivek Vihar). In the 2002 Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee elections SADD contested with the support of Tohra and his
Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal The Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal (SHSAD) was a Sikh political party in India, formed after a split in the Shiromani Akali Dal. The party was led by Gurcharan Singh Tohra. SHSAD was founded by Tohra after he was expelled by the SAD Political A ...
. When re-approachment took place between Tohra and Badal, SADD distanced itself from Tohra and aligned more closely with the
Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British E ...
. In the 2003 DSGMC elections SADD contested supported by Congress. SADD won the elections that year.


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