Jagdeep Singh Cheema's big statement on resignation and expulsion from SAD
Harshabab Sidhu
Chandigarh, September 30, 2025: Senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and National General Secretary Jagdeep Singh Cheema held a press conference at the Press Club, Chandigarh, today, announcing his resignation from all party posts and raising serious concerns about the current leadership.
Cheema had submitted his resignation via email in the morning. In response, the party issued a tweet in the afternoon announcing his expulsion, just two hours after his resignation.
Speaking at the press conference, Cheema highlighted his family’s deep-rooted association with the Akali Dal.
He said his grandfathers, Sardar Kehar Singh and Shamsher Singh, were among the founding members of the party in 1920,