History
Sehajdhari Sikh Federation was formed on 13 April 2001 by holding Ardas at Gurudwara Tahliana Sahib Raekot by certain likeminded secular persons especially those Sikhs who were born in Sikh families, when resolutions were passed by SGPC to disfranchise the voting right of Sehajdhari Sikhs in SGPC elections. Firstly the organization was registered under the Society Act at Ludhiana and then on November 4, 2001, the Federation held a large congregation of thousands of Sehajdhari Sikhs before Akal Takht at Amritsar and held Ardas by turning the Sehajdhari Sikh Federation into a political out fit and named it as Sehajdhari Shiromani Akali Dal SSAD.
Later an application was filed with the Election Commission of India for getting the organization registered as a Political Party under section 29(A) of the Representation of the People Act 1951. The Akali Dals in Punjab opposed the name “Sehajdhari Shiromani Akali Dal” and the Election Commission directed to change the words ‘Shiromani’ and ‘Akali’ from the title. As the word ‘AKALI’ means ‘KHALSA’(Amritdhari) and Sehajdharis are not Khalsa hence the old name was selected by the National Council of the Organisation and the Election Commission of India registered the name of “Sehajdhari Sikh Federation” as a Political Party under section 29(A) of the Representation of People Act 1951.
The Party is contesting legal battle in the Punjab & Haryana High Court for the voting right of Sehajdhari Sikhs in the SGPC elections which was existing since 1959 and was disfrenchised in 2003.
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