“Violence has no place, especially on the soil of our sacred Takhts,” Punjab BJP chief Kewal Singh Dhillon said on Thursday as BJP leaders and Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Kuldip Singh Gargajj strongly condemned the attack on Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal at a gurdwara in Maharashtra's Nanded.
Badal, a former Punjab deputy chief minister, was attacked with a kirpan while visiting Gurdwara Mata Sahib Devan Ji Mugat in Nanded around 1:45 pm, police said. He suffered an injury to his hand and was taken to a hospital, where his condition was reported to be stable. A local official said he received two to three stitches. The alleged attacker, a Nihang, was detained.
