CHANDIGARH (PTI): After the Akal Takht on Friday declared Sukhbir Singh Badal 'tankhaiya' -- guilty of religious misconduct -- some leaders of the ruling AAP as well as rebel Akalis called for the SAD chief to step down.

Sangrur MP Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer and Anandpur Sahib MP Malvinder Singh Kang, both of whom are senior spokespersons of the AAP in Punjab, said Badal should resign.

Akali rebels Prem Singh Chandumajra and Charanjit Singh Brar also said that keeping in view the Akal Takht's order, Badal should step down.

Soon after the Akal Takht declared the SAD president 'tankhaiya' for "mistakes" committed by his party and the party's government from 2007 to 2017, Badal said he bowed his head and accepted the order.

In a post on X in Punjabi, Badal said he would soon appear before the Akal Takht to apologise.

Badal had recently appointed senior leader Balwinder Singh Bhundar as the party's working president.

Welcoming the Akal Takht decision, Kang said Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had been saying from day one that the SAD under Badal committed not just mistakes but sins.

Badal should resign as SAD president on moral grounds, the AAP leader said.

Meanwhile, senior SAD leader Daljit Cheema said Sukhbir had earlier also said that he would abide by the directions of the Akal Takht.