Since 1920, the Shiromani Akali Dal has repeatedly split during crises, yet returned to prominence after mergers. 

With the current crisis, is history likely to repeat itself with a temporary factional flare-up,

or is this fragmentation fundamentally different due to generational leadership gaps?

A) Temporary flare-up — history repeats itself.

B) Generational and structural gaps make recovery hard.

C) Short-term turbulence with uncertain long-term outcome.