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Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)
AbbreviationSAD(A)
PresidentSimranjit Singh Mann
Lok Sabha LeaderSimranjit Singh Mann
Founded1st May 1994
HeadquartersQuilla S. Harnam Singh, Fatehgarh Sahib district, Punjab, India
Student wingSikh Students Federation
Youth wingYouth Akali Dal Amritsar
IdeologyPro-Khalistan[1][2]
Sikhism
Agrarianism[3]
Minority rights[4][5]
Political positionCentre-left[6]
ECI StatusRegistered
Seats in Lok Sabha
1 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha
0 / 245
Website
akalidalamritsar.in

Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) is political party led by Simranjit Singh Mann,[7] it is a splinter group of the Shiromani Akali Dal. Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) was formed on the 1st of May 1994.

Electoral success

The party's most significant success was in the 1989 Parliamentary elections when they won 11 out of the 13 seats in Punjab.[8] The party espouses the ideology of Punjabiyat and Sikh nationalism. Moreover, the party won the parliamentary seat of Sangrur in 1999 and the 2022 Sangrur (by-elections). Upon winning the seat, Simranjit Singh Mann gave credit to Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.[9]

Mann has made promises to farmers, emphasizing his priority will be to "work with the Punjab government" to "raise the poor economic condition of Sangrur including the condition of farmers under debt".[10]. Moreover, Mann has stated he would push for opening the "border with Pakistan, near Wagha" to encourage trade as the country was "facing a wheat shortage" and Punjab had "sufficient wheat"[11]

Also, Mann also stated he believed "minorities are not safe" in India [12]. Mann has been critical of the Indian government's oppression of Kashmiri Muslims[13], and of the Indian government's human rights abuses against Sikhs [14] and Hindutva[15].

The party contested the SGPC elections on the same plank and won three seats.[16]

History and Ideology

Akali politics in post-colonial India have organized around advancing and protecting Sikh political and cultural interests and Punjabi language.[17] By 1973, the Akali's adopted the Anandpur Sahib Resolution a document which advanced a desire for increasing regional autonomy within India's centralized structure of governance, as well as various socio-political concerns.[17]

From 1975 to 1977, the president of India, Indira Gandhi, would institute a state of emergencey suspending elections and civil liberties. During the early phases of the emergency, Akali and Sikh parties would meet in Amritsar to resist the "fascist tendency of the Congress." [18] The Akali Dal would launch the "Campaign to Save Democracy." [18] However, the period would see widespread human rights abuses, including the mass detention of dissidents and opposition; forced sterilizations; constitutional modifications; demolition of homes and displacement of people and suspension of the press.

Following the end of the emergency from 1977 to 1984, the Akali Dal would be re-elected in Punjab and constitute the main opposition to the Indira Gandhi-led Congress government. The period would see an increase in Punjabi nationalism.[17] The party would continue to organize around the adoption of the Anandpur Sahib Resolution.[17] The central government would treat the Anandpur Sahib Resolution as a successionist document, eventually culminating in Operation Blue Star an invasion of Harmindar Sahib on June 1, 1984. The operation would result in mass civilian casualties and precipitate an insurgencey in the Punjab for the formation of khalistan. The Khalistan movement would be brutally suppressed by the central Indian state leading to mass human rights violations, including extrajudicial executions, torture, and mass detention.[17]

On May 1, 1994, the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) would split from the traditional Shiromani Akali Dal.[17] While there are overlaps in ideology between the two parties, the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) remains more radical than its predecessor. The party continues to advocate for the formation of Khalistan and increasing the autonomy of the state of Punjab. Moreover, the party continues to advocate for the Anandpur Sahib Resolution which proposed several religious, economic and political aims for the state of Punjab.[19] The party opposes the Sutlej Yamuna Link canal noting the canal violates the state's riparian water rights and will accelerate ongoing desertification.[20] The party has also been critical of extrajudicial killings, torture and genocide of Sikhs by governmental authorities in the 1980-90s.

Anandpur Sahib Resolution

In short, the Anandpur Sahib Resolution aimed to: reiterate the separateness of the Sikh tradition from Hinduism; increase the devolution of power from the central government to the states, to provide states with more autonomy; eradicate poverty and starvation through increased production and a more equitable distribution of wealth and also the establishment of a just social order sans exploitation of any kind; remove discrimination on the basis of caste, creed or any other ground; and combat disease and ill health by reducing the use of intoxicants and provision of full facilities for the growth of physical well-being.[19]

References

  1. ^ "Simranjit Mann Khalistan advocate back in Parliament after two decades". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 26 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Khalistani Sikhs are not terrorist:SAD(A)". The Times of India.
  3. ^ Khanna, Bharat (Minorities are not safe in our country: SAD(A) chief Simranjit Singh Mann http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/92473143.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_med). "Minorities are not safe in our country: SAD(A) chief Simranjit Singh Maan". Times of India. Retrieved 8 July 2022. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); External link in |date= (help)
  4. ^ "Central government is anti minorities says Simranjit Singh Mann".
  5. ^ Sharma, Sachin (23 March 2016). "Sikhs don't worship women, hence no 'Bharat Mata ki Jai': Simranjit Mann". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  6. ^ Singh, Khushwant (2004). "The Anandpur Sahib Resolution and Other Akali Demands". oxfordscholarship.com/. Oxford University Press. pp. 337–350. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195673098.003.0020. ISBN 978-0-19-567309-8. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Punjab police laid a seize around Simranjit Singh Mann's residence". Punjab News Express. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  8. ^ Election results - full statistical report
  9. ^ "'Who Gave Blood for Sikhs': SAD-A's Simranjit Mann Credits Win to Khalistani Militant Bhindranwale". News18. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  10. ^ "'Sangrur Lok Sabha Byelection Result 2022: SAD (Amritsar) candidate Simranjit Singh Mann wins big in AAP stronghold'". financial express. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  11. ^ Khanna, Bharat. "Minorities are not safe in our country: SAD(A) chief Simranjit Singh Mann". Times of India. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  12. ^ Khanna, Bharat. "Minorities are not safe in our country: SAD(A) chief Simranjit Singh Mann". Times of India. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  13. ^ Mann, Simranjit Singh. ""THIS (Theocratic Hindu Indian state) should not kill its own citizen children of Kashmir"". Twitter. Simranjit Singh Mann. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  14. ^ Mann, Simranjit Singh. ""Appeal to Nordic countries-SSM Nordic Countries should not recommend the Hindu Indian state to become a permanent member of the UN Security Council as it has not honoured 1948 Resolution of UN SC for plebiscite in Kashmir. It has committed genocide the Sikh peoples with impunity."". Twitter. Simranjit Singh Mann. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  15. ^ Mann, Simranjit Singh. ""The creation of H1ndu-Rashtra is directly propagated by the BJP-RSS and it's allies"". Twitter. Simranjit Singh Mann. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  16. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  17. ^ a b c d e f Singh, Pritnam (2014). "Class, nation and religion: changing nature of Akali Dal politics in Punjab, India". Commonwealth & Comparative Politics. Parties and Political Change in South Asia (1): 55–77. doi:10.1080/14662043.2013.867689. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  18. ^ a b Grewal, J.S. (1991). The Sikhs of the Punjab. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781139053365. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  19. ^ a b Singh, Amarinder (1995). Siṅgh, Harbans (ed.). Anandpur Sāhib Resolution (4th ed.). Patiala, Punjab, India: Punjab University, Patiala, 2002. pp. 133–141. ISBN 9788173801006. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  20. ^ "'Won't share state's water': Desertification fear unites parties in Punjab". 24 January 2020.

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