Sukhbir Badal receives punishment at the Golden Temple with a plaque around his neck.

The Akal Takht has ordered Sukhbir Badal to serve as a "sewadar" and provide hygienic duties in the restroom and kitchen of multiple gurdwaras.In a sacrilege case, the highest temporal body of Sikhs sentenced former Punjab Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal to religious punishment, which he has begun to serve. Seated in a wheelchair outside the Golden Temple gate in Amritsar this morning, the Akali Dal chief displayed images while carrying a spear and a plaque around his neck.Mr. Badal's brother-in-law, senior Akali Dal politician Bikram Singh Majithia, started his sentence by cleaning utensils at the Golden Temple.Due to his preference for Dera Sacha Sauda founder Gurmeet Ram Rahim during the 2015 Guru Granth Sahib sacrilege, Mr. Badal was sentenced by the Akal Takht to serve as a "sewadar" and be assigned to clean duties in the kitchen and restroom of multiple gurdwaras, including the Golden Temple. In August, Sukhbir Badal was judged guilty of religious misconduct by the Akal Takht for "mistakes committed by the party when it was in power in Punjab from 2007 to 2017" and was deemed a "tankhaiya"—a person convicted of religious misconduct.Punjab: As one of the religious penalties imposed on him by Sri Akal Takht Sahib yesterday, Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal sits by the gate of Golden Temple in Amritsar while holding a spear and a plaque around his neck.Yesterday, the 'tankhah' quantum was announced.

The Akali Dal working committee has also been instructed by Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh to accept Mr. Badal's resignation as party chief. For one hour starting at noon, Mr. Badal and the Akali Dal leaders and core committee members who served in the 2015 cabinet have been instructed to clean the Golden Temple's restrooms. After cleaning, they will offer langar and take a bath. You can only listen to the newest music on JioSaavn.com. The Fakhr-e-Qaum (pride of the Sikh community) award, which was given to his father and the late Parkash Singh Badal, the former chief minister of Punjab, in 2011 for his services to the community, has now been taken away from him.