Setting a healthy precedent and enforcing the spirit behind the Constitution of the Dal Khalsa, Gajinder Singh has stepped down from the post of party president after serving it for four years. Article 8, clause (B) of the Constitutions says;
The members of a particular area will elect the delegates who in their turn will then select the President of the Organization for a maximum period of 2 years.....The President shall be elected for a maximum of two terms in a row.

It's a rare example shown by any Sikh leader in contemporary Sikh politics. We salute him. He will remain our guiding force for times to come.

Text of his letter addressed to members of the executive committee - the highest decision making body of the Dal Khalsa.

Dear Brothers:

Today when Dal Khalsa is on its own feet, and well placed in Sikh politics, I wish to resign to give chance to some new associate to head the party.

It was never my wish to stick to the post of President/Chairman for the whole of my life. I reorganized Dal Khalsa in 1986 and accepted the post of Chairman in the best interest of the Party. When I reorganized the Party during my jail period, it was a non-entity in Sikh politics. I always wished to change the political culture of the Sikh Nation, where heads of the organizations / parties leave post only with their physical death or political death.

In this spirit, and respecting the Constitution adopted by the Party four years ago with my consent, I request members of the executive committee of the Dal Khalsa to accept my resignation from the post of party president. I also request the Party delegates to elect a new President in the coming 27th annual meet of the organization slated to be on Oct 2 at Chandigarh, to lead the Party in a democratic way to establish new healthy traditions in Sikh politics.

I would also like to welcome Human Rights and Democracy Forum chairman Mr Jaspal Singh Dhillon into the Party fold.

I thank all my associates who had always given great love and respect to me.

Wishing all of you the success for the next term.

Gajinder Singh