Bhagwant Mann Rejects Akal Takht Edict, Says 'Person In Video Is Not Me'

Summary

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has rejected the edict issued by the Akal Takht, saying the person in the objectionable video is not him. Mann expressed surprise that people in high positions of religious bodies are indulging in false propaganda to defame him, allegedly at the behest of their political bosses. He claims that religion is being used to defame him, and that he has always considered the Akal Takht as the supreme temporal authority.