Sukhbir Badal performs sewa at Takth Damdama Sahib

Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday performed the duty of 'sewadar' outside a gurdwara in Punjab's Takth Sri Damdama Sahib, Talwandi Sabo, amid tight security.

Badal, who was sitting in a wheelchair due to a fractured leg, also listened to 'kirtan'. He wore a blue 'sewadar' uniform and sat at the gurdwara entrance with a spear in one hand.

Monday is the seventh day of Badal's penance for "mistakes" made by the SAD and its government in Punjab from 2007 to 2017.

Besides the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the Akal Takht has asked Badal to perform the duty of 'sewadar' at the Takht Kesgarh Sahib, Darbar Sahib in Muktsar and Fatehgarh Sahib for two days each.

On the second day of his penance at the Golden Temple on December 4, Badal had a narrow escape as former Khalistani terrorist Narain Singh Chaura fired at him from a close range but missed as he was overpowered by plainclothes policemen and later arrested.

Bathinda SSP Amneet Kondal reviewed the security in gurdwara.