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“We will free it from the politics of one family,” he said.Bains emphasised on like-minded parties joining hands for achieving this. “We are open to alliances with anyone on the issue, but we have to stand on a single platform; that is the key to success,” he said. ““SGPC represents Sikhs and not one particular family; we can’t allow one family to make all decisions of SGPC and use its authority for its vested interests,” he said.Though SAD (Taksali) has decided to not field its candidates during the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, it would field candidates to contest SGPC elections.An SAD (Taksali) leader who did not wish to be named, said the party had already begun a survey of all SGPC seats and their initial results suggested that a lot of SGPC members from Malwa and Majha had the same opinion about the Badals.Lok Insaf Party leader Balwinder Singh Bains said they would the SGPC elections. AMRITSAR: Apart from battling it out in politics, the Badal family-led Shiromani Akali Dal is now likely to face a tough competition in saving its bastion Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee ( SGPC ).While the recently formed SAD (Taksali), a breakaway faction of the SAD (Badal), and Bains brothers-led Lok Insaf Party have announced to rid the SGPC of the family’s control, former AAP leader and senior advocate H S Phoolka — who is the most well known for his role in getting the culprits behind the 1984 anti-Sikh riots convicted — announced on Wednesday that he would raise a “force” of volunteers for an apolitocal SGPC.The volunteer force Sikh Sewak Sangathan would have two units — one for ending politicisation of SGPC and the other for striving to eradicate drugs in Punjab.Phoolka made the announcement in a press release.SAD (Taksali) president Ranjit Singh Brahampura, meanwhile, told TOI on Wednesday that their party would be concentrating mainly on SGPC after the Lok Sabha elections..