chandigarh sikh organisation dal khalsa leader kanwar pal singh said on thursday that the timing and ground situation was neither conducive nor appropriate to convene the sarbat khalsa assembly of all factions of the sikhs at takht damdama sahib in talwandi sabo bathinda fugitive prokhalistan preacher and head of waris punjab de outfit amritpal singh who is on the run since march 18 after failed operation of the punjab police had asked the akal takht jathedar giani harpreet singh to call sarbat khalsa on baisakhithe dal khalsa leader further said sarbat khalsa could not be called on the demand of a single person or a group as it was not a small event its a historic event with longterm impact on the future of the sikh community a decision to this effect if any has to be taken by the akal takht in consultation with other sikh bodies including the sgpc he added he further stated that if it was decided that a sarbat khalsa had to be called there was a process of asking the sikhs across the world to select their representative for the congregation and it would take months to organise such a big event due to a logistical exercisethe dal khalsa leader also said that after the gathering under the nomenclature of sarbat khalsa held at chabba in amritsar in november 2015 there was a vertical split in the community today sikhs are a divided house and divisions are at all levels be it political social or religious levels hence in such a fluid situation calling of a sarbat khalsa may further create controversy and divisions he added