'5 SAD leaders against chief Sukhbir Singh Badal': Harsimrat Kaur says BJP trying to do Maharashtra politics in Punjab

Shiromani Akal Dal (SAD) MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal said on Wednesday that some of the "stooges of the BJP [Bharatiya Janata Party] are trying to break the party".

"They want to do the same as they did in Maharashtra. The SAD is united and they are going to fail. Out of the 117 leaders, while 112 leaders are standing with the party and Sukhbir Badal...," said.

In a party resolution on Tuesday, the SAD said, "SAD president urges ‘frustrated politicians’ to learn from Maharashtra. The BJP broke up regional party but people rejected the dummy creation."

The Shiromani Akal Dal (SAD) is facing a crisis after senior leaders, including Parminder Singh Dhindsa, Bidi Jagir Kaur, among others, launched a revolt against party chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, demanding change in the leadership after the party's severe drubbing in the recent Lok Sabha elections.

Some leaders of the party held a meeting in Jalandhar seeking . However, some other leaders in the Akali Dal continue to repose faith in Badal.

Rebel leader Parminder Singh Dhindsa held a meeting in Jalandhar on Tuesday in which workers and senior leaders expressed their views openly to revive the party.

Dhindsa said that the leaders and workers have expressed concern over the defeat in the Lok Sabha elections, in which out of the 13 parliamentary states in Punjab the SAD managed towin only one seat. The Bathinda Lok Sabha seat was retained by Badal's wife Harsimrat.

According to former Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Bibi Jagir Kaur, whenever they tried to discuss anything with Badal, .

“There was a discussion regarding what we lost and gained in recent times. All supporters of SAD (Shiromani Akali Dal) are worried about how to rise back from the situation in which