Bibi Jagir Kaur triggers churning in Panthic domain with decision to contest SGPC presidential poll Ground Zero Jagtar Singh Bibi Jagir Kaur, who has announced her candidature for election to the office of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee while exercising her democratic right, today set the short-term and long term Panthic agenda for the revival of the highest institutions of Akal Takht and the apex elected body of the Sikhs that used to dictate religio-political affairs of the Sikhs at one time. The Akal Takht, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee and the Shiromani Akali Dal are the three main components that are considered to comprise the Panthic matrix that is religio-political. At one level, the Shiromani Akali Dal used to draw its strength from the other two main institutions. However, the institution of Akal Takht and the SGPC stand degenerated during the last more than one decade. And the Akali Dal, repeatedly rejected by the p...