Paramjit Singh Tanda

Paramjit Singh Tanda is the general secretary of Dal Khalsa, a Sikh political organisation, and before that headed Sikh Youth of Punjab. He is a living public figure, and the public record on him is thin: he is named as an office-holder and co-signatory far more often than he is quoted.

Not to be confused with Paramjit Singh Mand. Mand is another senior Dal Khalsa leader. "Tanda" is not a family name but the area of Hoshiarpur district from which, Sikh Siyasat's 2017 report says, he comes. Where a report says only "Paramjit Singh" of Dal Khalsa, the office tells you which man is meant: general secretary is Tanda. The Tribune's own report of 14 March 2026 mixes the two names in a single sub-headline and its body text.

Key moments

• 6 November 2015: with Harpal Singh Cheema, Kanwarpal Singh and R. P. Singh of the Akhand Kirtani Jatha, he signs a joint statement rejecting Giani Gurbachan Singh's claim that only the Akal Takht Jathedar can convene a Sarbat Khalsa. The statement says the Khalsa Panth stands above the Jathedar.
• 14 August 2017: speaking as president of Sikh Youth of Punjab at Gurdwara Guru Nanak Mission, Jalandhar, he says the youth wing is committed to the cause of Sikh independence.
• 25 September 2017: Dal Khalsa names him secretary general, the first time, party head H. S. Cheema said, that the post had gone to a youth member. He moves over from Sikh Youth of Punjab.
• 25 or 26 January 2025: Punjabi Tribune reports that he was taken into custody at Gurdaspur while marching with Dal Khalsa in a Republic Day protest. The report names no charge against him.
• September 2025: ahead of the Punjab Summit set for 21 September at Jalandhar, Babushahi reports him saying Punjab is "at the crossroads", citing extrajudicial killings and custodial torture, flood and dam mismanagement, and the unchecked inflow of migrant labour.
• 14 March 2026: The Tribune reports that he accused the Union Home Ministry of orchestrating "transnational repression" against Sikh activists abroad, and, with another leader, called the BJP's Moga rally narrative "vengeful".

Remembered for: for now, steady office-bearing in Dal Khalsa across nearly a decade, and a consistent public line that the Khalsa Panth, not a single office-holder, holds final authority, and that Sikhs abroad and at home face state pressure.