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BARNALA: Former MP Rajdev Singh Khalsa joined the Shiromani Akali Dal (Taksali) on Thursday, after the new outfit led by president MP Ranjit Singh Brahmpura reached out to him at his residence in Barnala. Accusing Sukhbir of denigrating the Sikh tenets, he said ever since he took the reins of SAD, corruption took the centre stage during SAD regime. He did not contest any election thereafter but remained politically active and had recently accused SAD president Sukhbir Badal of meeting Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim at the residence of Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar in Mumbai. He said the meeting was held to prepare the ground for dera chief’s pardon and release of his film ‘Messenger of God’. “In such a scenario, the need for a third alternative is felt the most in Punjab..