KURUKSHETRA, Haryana—Pro-independence Sikh political party Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) which is led by Simranjit Singh Mann, on Wednesday released its manifesto here with a daring promise of stopping the khaps from giving inhuman diktats. The party has fielded six candidates in Haryana.
It is its first-ever election manifesto in Haryana in which the party also promised to ensure liquor prohibition, free education up to graduation, two times the pension being given to people above 65, Punjabi language in all schools and colleges, and 15 per cent reservation to Sikhs in government services.
The party’s general secretary Jaswant Singh Mann, while releasing the the manifesto, said that the party would try to narrow down the differences between Haryana and Punjab. He said, “We are going to the polls with the agenda of social reforms, employment, equal development and women’s empowerment.”
On being asked about challenging the khaps, he said, “We are not challenging them, they are social institutions. But we are of the view that rather than giving brutal diktats, it should adopt a lenient and pro-human nature. We will try to stop them from giving anti-human diktats.”
