Amritsar: To evolve a consensual approach to the challenges being faced by Punjab and the Sikhs on the social, religious, and political fronts, four Panthic bodies have decided to adopt a joint strategic response to the ever-increasing conflicts impacting the destiny of the people of Punjab. To this end, commemorating the Sarbat Khalsa held 40 years ago, Dal Khalsa, Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar), Panch Pardhani Jatha, and the Bhai Jagtar Singh Hawara Committee will convene a People’s meet in the foreground of Akal Takht Sahib to discuss, debate, and pray for the Chardikala of the Khalsa Panth. These Panthic organisations, who have been part of the struggle over the past 4 and a half decades, have jointly announced that they will commemorate the completion of 40 years of the historic Sarbat Khalsa held at Akal Takht Sahib on 26 January 1986. Left to Right: Bhai Narien Singh Chaura (Panch Pardhani Jatha), Paramjit Singh Mand (Dal Khalsa), Simranjit Singh Mann (Akali Dal Amritsar) and Kanwarpal Singh | Press Conference at Sanjog Hotel (Amritsar) on 17 January 2026 | Photo: Sikh Siyasat News The four leading Sikh struggle organisations announced together that a large gathering of the Sikh sangat will assemble on 26 January in front of Akal Takht Sahib to pay tribute to the martyrs of the Khalistan struggle, to offer prayers for the release of the Bandi Singhs (Sikh prisoners), and for the success of the Panthic struggle. These four organisations, which have been engaged in this struggle for rights and freedom for the past 45 years and are led by Simranjit Singh Mann, Harpal Singh Cheema, Bhai Daljit Singh Bittu, and the detained Sikh activist Bhai Jagtar Singh Hawara, coming together is being seen as a significant development. On key and burning issues related to the Panth—including the matter of the 328 holy saroops—and on the explosive circumstances emerging at the international level, a joint press conference was addressed by S. Simranjit Singh Mann, Kanwarpal Singh, Parmjit Singh Mand, and Bhai Narain Singh Chaura. They said that after the Indian attack on Darbar Sahib, when state repression was at its peak, and the active segment of the movement was forced to go underground, the Damdami Taksal took the initiative by calling a Sarbat Khalsa at Akal Takht on 26 January to bring together the fragmented Panthic power. He said that even today, 40 years later, as the Panthic power remains scattered, their’s effort is to evolve a consensus and once again lay the foundation for Panthic unity to achieve the objectives of the Sikh freedom struggle. The organisations urged the SGPC to come clean on missing saroops issue as leaders were crystal clear that SGPC knows very well to whom their officials have handed over the saroops. SGPC should revealed the names and places where saroops were sent and place the record before the Khalsa Panth. They termed Chief Minister a liar on this matter. Bhagwant Mann lies have been exposed and he must apology to Sikh Panth for playing cheap politics.