The Shiromani Akali Dal on Saturday dared the AAP national convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejrival and the Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann to come clean on reports that the ousted Advocate General Punjab, Anmol Ratan Singh Sidhu was forced to resign because he had openly and squarely blamed the Delhi CM and his government for blocking the release of the 'bandi' Sikh Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar. SAD also took strong exception to the choice of Sirsa Dera chief's counsel Vinod Ghai to replace the ousted AG. The party also demanded an independent probe into allegations that the 2015 incidents of sacrilege of Shri Guru Granth Sahib in Punjab were “a part of a deep rooted conspiracy by powerful political forces outside Punjab to destabilize the Panthic govt led by Parkash Singh Badal and to divide and weaken the Khalsa Panth by sowing seeds of suspicion in its ranks. In a statement, senior Akali leader Mahesh Inder Singh Grewal said, “Both the ouster of Anmol Gagan Sidhu following his stand on Prof Bhullar's release as well as the choice of the Dera Chief Ram Rahim's counsel as the new AG clearly necessitate a high level and independent probe into allegations that the 2015 sacrilege events during the Parkash SIngh Badal led government were a part of conspiracy engineered from outside Punjab in order to destabilise Punjab and its Panthic government. SAD demands that this conspiracy to weaken the Sikhs be probed transparently and immediately, "
