Amritsar, Jan 15 || Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday said that he had submitted his clarification to Akal Takht's acting Jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj over his alleged remarks on the Sikh code of conduct and an objectionable video and would abide by the verdict pronounced by the Sikh clergy.
After the nearly hour-long meeting with Giani Gargaj and Takht Damdama Sahib Jathedar Baba Tek Singh Dhanaula here, Mann, in a media interaction, said: "They said they would go through the explanation and take a decision accordingly. I will abide by the verdict pronounced by the Sikh clergy."
CM Mann, who arrived barefoot, appeared before Giani Gargaj at the Akal Takht Secretariat after being summoned.
He was handed over the Sikh Rehat Maryada book by the Jathedar of the highest temporal seat of Sikhs.
Giani Gargaj told the media that CM Mann admitted at the meeting that he "shouldn’t have to say certain things on religious affairs of the Sikhs and assured him that he would desist from making any such statements in the future".
The explanation given by CM Mann on the charges of religious misconduct would be taken up in the next meeting of the five Sikh high priests, he said.