in November 2020, by his nephew Harsh Dev Singh, who he had previously nominated as the chairman of the party. Harsh Dev Singh had said he had expelled Bhim Singh for meeting with the leaders of the People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), which included Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, that Harsh Dev Singh called anti-national. However, following a media offensive by Bhim Singh, and an appeal in support by former chief minister Omar Abdullah, a fact finding committee of the Panthers Party headed by its president Balwant Singh Mankotia found Bhim Singh had only visited the PAGD meeting in a personal capacity, and revoked his expulsion. In February 2021, Balwant Singh Mankotia himself resigned from his post as president of the party citing family reasons, and was replaced by his uncle Bhim Singh who was elected unanimously as president, and back in official active command of the political party he founded, after a period over eight years when he had stepped down as chairman in 2012. After being elected president of Panthers Party at the age of 79, Bhim Singh on 14 February 2021, gave a statement to the media, that "Panthers party shall continue its peaceful fight for justice and equity... we shall all fight for truth and justice, equality and equity for all, irrespective of their religion, region, caste or class," along with reinstating the statehood of Jammu and Kashmir, that had been previously converted into a union territory of India, on 6 August 2019, following the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019. Later activities Bhim Singh was a member of the 22 person delegation to discuss the future of Jammu and Kashmir, chaired by Prime Minister Modi at his residence in New Delhi, India on 24 June 2021. Other members of the delegation included home minister of India Amit Shah, lieutenant governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha, and former chief ministers Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah, Ghulam Nabi Azad, and Mehbooba Mufti. At the meeting Bhim Singh spoke of the need to restore the statehood of Jammu and Kashmir, and a need to hold elections that had beed delayed by over 2 years. His demands were later broadcast on national television following the meeting. A day before the meeting Bhim Singh was mentioned in the news as a potential nominee for 2022 vice-president of India election, on a joint ticket with his kinsman Karan Singh who