SAD, SGPC vow decisive battle
10 years, 8 months ago

SAD, SGPC vow decisive battle

Hindustan Times  

Virtually sounding the bugle for an agitation against the formation of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee, the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee on Tuesday vowed to fight “a decisive battle” for the repeal of the controversial law enacted by the Haryana government. HT Image At a high-decibel meeting presided over by Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, frontline SAD and SGPC leaders stridently advocated a “fight-to-finish” approach to “thwart the Congressled Haryana government’s design to take control of Sikh shrines in Haryana”. HOODA PLAYED MISCHIEF: BADAL Accusing the Haryana chief minister of “having played a mischief”, Badal said, “ Hooda has lit a spark but the Congress still has enough time to undo its act till July 27.” “I appeal to the Gandhi family and also warn it that both nature and God have always punished those who have gone against the Akal Takht,” he said. Stopping short of formally announcing a morcha, SAD president and deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal said that the Sikh community was ready for a ‘sangharsh ’ and would not allow the SGPC’s bifurcation “come what may”.

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Over 40 SGPC members back resolution against removal of jathedars
1 week ago

Over 40 SGPC members back resolution against removal of jathedars

Hindustan Times  

AMRITSAR : At least 42 members of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee General House, including that of Sukhbir Singh Badal camp, have backed a resolution against the “unceremonious” removal of takht jathedars. At least 42 members of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee General House, including that of Sukhbir Singh Badal camp, have backed a resolution against the “unceremonious” removal of …

Act against communal elements: SGPC to HP govt after row over Bhindranwale’s image on flags
1 week, 6 days ago

Act against communal elements: SGPC to HP govt after row over Bhindranwale’s image on flags

Hindustan Times  

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee’s president Harjinder Singh Dhami on Wednesday called upon the government of Himachal Pradesh to take action against “communal” elements over “mistreatment” of Punjabi youths. Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president Harjinder Singh Dhami In a statement, Dhami, while condemning such incidents, said Sikh devotees often travel to gurdwaras in different parts of the country. Dhami had resigned …

Akali Dal warns against anti-party remarks: Indiscipline won't be tolerated
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Akali Dal warns against anti-party remarks: Indiscipline won't be tolerated

India Today  

Shiromani Akali Dal working president Balwinder Singh Bhundar has condemned remarks and videos from certain leaders challenging the party's decisions, as well as those of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. Bikram Singh Majithia and six other SAD leaders opposed the SGPC’s decision to remove Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh on Saturday, leading to tensions within the party. "SAD members must unite, …

Punjab CM Mann, state congress president Warring slam SGPC, term removal of Jathedars as 'act of vengenace'
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Punjab CM Mann, state congress president Warring slam SGPC, term removal of Jathedars as 'act of vengenace'

New Indian Express  

CHANDIGARH: A day after the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee terminated the services of Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh and also Takht Kesgarh Jathedar Giani Sultan Singh from their posts, both Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring termed it as an act of "vengeance". The Akal Takht in Amritsar and Takht Sri Kesgarh …

‘Ignoring’ Akal Takht’s edict: SGPC members lodge dissent against SAD leaders
2 months, 1 week ago

‘Ignoring’ Akal Takht’s edict: SGPC members lodge dissent against SAD leaders

Hindustan Times  

A group of SGPC members along with the representatives of various Sikh organisations on Wednesday approached the Akal Takht seeking action against Shiromani Akali Dal leaders, including Sukhbir Singh Badal, for “not complying” with the December 2 decree of the highest Sikh temporal seat in totality. A group of SGPC members on Wednesday approached the Akal Takht seeking action against …

SGPC’s 3-member panel to probe allegations against Giani Harpreet Singh
3 months, 1 week ago

SGPC’s 3-member panel to probe allegations against Giani Harpreet Singh

Hindustan Times  

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee in an emergency meeting of the executive committee on Thursday formed a three-member panel to probe the allegations levelled against Takht Damdama Sahib jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh. Giani Harpreet Singh The executive committee further decided that the head granthi Takht Sri Damdama Sahib will perform the services under the jurisdiction of the Takht till a …

SGPC passes resolution seeking excommunication of Sukhbir attacker Narain Singh Chaura
3 months, 3 weeks ago

SGPC passes resolution seeking excommunication of Sukhbir attacker Narain Singh Chaura

Hindustan Times  

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee on Monday passed a resolution seeking excommunication of Narain Singh Chaura, the former militant who made an assassination attempt on Shiromani Akali Dal president and former deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal outside the Golden Temple on December 4. After handing over a copy of the resolutions to Akal Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh, SGPC …

SGPC members seek excommunication of Sukhbir attacker
3 months, 3 weeks ago

SGPC members seek excommunication of Sukhbir attacker

Hindustan Times  

While a section of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee met Akal Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh on Saturday, urging him to excommunicate former militant Narain Singh Chaura who made an assassination attempt on Shiromani Akali Dal president and former deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal at the entrance of Golden Temple, radical Sikh leaders sought punishment for a youth Akali Dal leader …

SGPC Chief Harjinder Dhami Reelected for 4th Term
5 months ago

SGPC Chief Harjinder Dhami Reelected for 4th Term

ABP News  

Shiromani Akali Dal chief Harjinder Singh Dhami has been reelected for a fourth term as president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC). He defeated his rival and former SGPC chief Bibi Jagir Kaur, securing 107 votes to Kaur's 33. The SGPC general house meeting was held in the presence of the Guru Granth Sahib, with Dhami being proposed and …

SAD will continue its fight to protect rights of Punjab, Sikhs: Sukhbir
10 months ago

SAD will continue its fight to protect rights of Punjab, Sikhs: Sukhbir

Hindustan Times  

Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Badal on Thursday once again reiterated that the party will not join the BJP-led National Democratic Front in the interests of Punjab and panth. Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal with party candidate Harsimrat Kaur Badal and other leaders during a rally in Sardulgarh on Thursday. Addressing three election rallies in Mansa district, a …

SGPC seek review of electoral rolls for Haryana Sikh body polls
1 year, 1 month ago

SGPC seek review of electoral rolls for Haryana Sikh body polls

Hindustan Times  

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president Harjinder Singh Dhami on Thursday appealed to the Gurdwara Elections Commissioner to revise the voter list before initiating the election process for the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee, citing several irregularities including the addition of non-Sikhs in the list and not putting pictures of voters in the list. Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president Harjinder Singh …

SGPC general house passes resolution against police action at Sultanpur Lodhi gurdwara
1 year, 2 months ago

SGPC general house passes resolution against police action at Sultanpur Lodhi gurdwara

Hindustan Times  

In the special meeting of the general house of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee held on Thursday, a resolution was passed in the case of police entering Gurdwara Akal Bunga Sahib, Sultanpur Lodhi, with shoes, firing, throwing tear gas shells and alleged violation of maryada. Several SGPC members in their addresses condemned the police attack on Gurdwara Akal Bunga Sahib …

Sultanpur Lodhi gurdwara clash: SGPC calls general house meeting on February 1
1 year, 2 months ago

Sultanpur Lodhi gurdwara clash: SGPC calls general house meeting on February 1

Hindustan Times  

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee has called a special general house on February 1 given the ‘seriousness’ of the incident of police firing and violation of maryada at Gurdwara Akal Bunga Sahib Chhauni Nihung Singhan at Sultanpur Lodhi. A decision in this regard was taken during a special meeting of office-bearers of the SGPC executive committee presided over by SGPC …

SAD leaders stopped from meeting Rajoana: SGPC chief slams ‘autocratic attitude’ of govt
1 year, 3 months ago

SAD leaders stopped from meeting Rajoana: SGPC chief slams ‘autocratic attitude’ of govt

Hindustan Times  

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president Harjinder Singh Dhami stopping Shiromani Akali Dal leaders Bikram Singh Majithia and Virsa Singh Valtoha from meeting Balwant Singh Rajoana, death row convict in former chief minister Beant Singh assassination case, lodged in Central Jail, Patiala, who is facing the death sentence, points towards “autocratic attitude” of the Punjab government. Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president …

SGPC executive meet: Take quick decision on Rajoana plea: SGPC to Centre
1 year, 4 months ago

SGPC executive meet: Take quick decision on Rajoana plea: SGPC to Centre

Hindustan Times  

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee on Thursday held an emergency meeting of its executive committee and asked the Centre to take quick decision on Balwant Singh Rajoana mercy petition. Rajoana, a death row convict in former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh’s assassination case, is adamant to go on hunger strike seeking withdrawal of the mercy petition, which was filed by …

SGPC annual polls: Harjinder Singh Dhami is SAD’s pick for top post, Oppn fields Balbir Singh Ghunas
1 year, 4 months ago

SGPC annual polls: Harjinder Singh Dhami is SAD’s pick for top post, Oppn fields Balbir Singh Ghunas

Hindustan Times  

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee incumbent president Harjinder Singh Dhami will be the Shiromani Akali Dal candidate for the gurdwara body’s top post this time too, party president Sukhbir Singh Badal announced on Tuesday. Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee incumbent president Harjinder Singh Dhami The annual elections of the SGPC are slated to be held on Wednesday. The members were unanimous in …

Punjab CM Mann’s ‘free Gurbani’ move puts Akali politics to the test
1 year, 9 months ago

Punjab CM Mann’s ‘free Gurbani’ move puts Akali politics to the test

The Hindu  

With the passage on Tuesday of the Sikh Gurdwaras Bill, 2023, which Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann says will free the undue control of a “particular family” over the rights to telecast the sacred Gurbani, the politics of Sikh issues have returned to centerstage in Punjab. “.It was a paradoxical situation that the SGPC, under the influence of a ‘family’ that …

SGPC Opposes Any Move to Introduce Ballistic Helmets for Sikh Soldiers
2 years, 1 month ago

SGPC Opposes Any Move to Introduce Ballistic Helmets for Sikh Soldiers

News 18  

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee has strongly opposed any move to introduce ballistic helmets for Sikh soldiers. The remarks come amid reports that introduction of ballistic helmets for Sikh soldiers is being considered. The delegation included SGPC general secretary Gurcharan Singh Grewal and member Raghbir Singh Saharan Majra. It registered a strong objection before NCM chairperson Iqbal Singh Lalpura to …

SAD turning to radical agenda to win back base?
2 years, 2 months ago

SAD turning to radical agenda to win back base?

Hindustan Times  

On January 1, Sukhbir Singh Badal, president of the Shiromani Akali Dal visited the residence of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s assassin Satwant Singh in Gurdaspur. His party termed both visits “routine”, but analysts believe that in an effort to retrieve lost political ground following the backlash to the 2015 sacrilege incidents and its initial support to the Centre’s farm …

Golden opportunity to liberate SGPC from clutches of Badals, says DSGMC
2 years, 4 months ago

Golden opportunity to liberate SGPC from clutches of Badals, says DSGMC

Hindustan Times  

After Bibi Jagir Kaur announced to contest SGPC president polls scheduled on November 9 and was suspended by the Shiromani Akali Dal for the same, the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee on Thursday stated that there is golden opportunity for the gurdwara body members to “liberate the SGPC from clutches of Badals”. While addressing a press conference here, DSGMC’s Dharam …

Way forward for Haryana govt as internal conflict engulfs HSGMC
2 years, 6 months ago

Way forward for Haryana govt as internal conflict engulfs HSGMC

Hindustan Times  

The Haryana government will have to work out an amicable mechanism to transfer the assets of 48 SGPC controlled gurdwaras to Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee amid an internecine struggle between HSGMC president Baljit Singh Daduwal and his predecessor Jagdish Singh Jhinda for the control of the top Sikh body in the state. Way forward for Haryana govt as internal …

SGPC to Launch Nationwide Campaign from Gurdwaras for Release of Sikh Detainees
2 years, 8 months ago

SGPC to Launch Nationwide Campaign from Gurdwaras for Release of Sikh Detainees

News 18  

Raising the pitch for release of Sikh detainees, the Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee on Saturday announced that campaigns will be launched from Gurdwaras across the country to raise sangat support over the issue. SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami announced that following direction from the Akal Takht acting Jathedar Harpreet Singh Shiromani, the committee has decided to initiate a nationwide campaign …

SAD Bid to Claw Its Way Back into Punjab Politics Through Panthic Issues May Have Taken a Hit
2 years, 9 months ago

SAD Bid to Claw Its Way Back into Punjab Politics Through Panthic Issues May Have Taken a Hit

News 18  

After its worst drubbing in the Punjab assembly elections, Shiromani Akali Dal seems to be clawing its way back into hardcore Panthic politics. The committee members, include SAD leader Sukhbir Badal and his fierce adversary in the past and party’s president, known for his controversial extremist ideology, Simranjit Singh Mann. For Sukhbir after being jolted by the Aam Aadmi Party’s …

Plea for women to perform kirtan: SGPC slams assembly resolution, Akal Takht non-committal
5 years, 4 months ago

Plea for women to perform kirtan: SGPC slams assembly resolution, Akal Takht non-committal

Hindustan Times  

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee on Friday slammed the resolution the Punjab Vidhan Sabha passed unanimously a day before asking the Akal Takht and the apex gurdwara body to allow women to perform kirtan at the Golden Temple. HT Image Even as the Shiromani Akali Dal-controlled gurdwara body president Gobind Singh Longowal criticised the assembly’s move, acting jathedar of the …

SGPC rejects Justice Ranjit Singh Commission report, says panel committed sacrilege
6 years, 7 months ago

SGPC rejects Justice Ranjit Singh Commission report, says panel committed sacrilege

Hindustan Times  

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee on Saturday rejected the Justice Ranjit Singh Commission report, terming it “bogus”. This is a baseless report made to vitiate peaceful atmosphere of Punjab,” stated the resolution passed by the executive panel of the apex gurdwara body during an emergency meeting at its head office here. SGPC president Gobind Singh Longowal chaired the meeting, which …

Sukhbir Badal will choose the next SGPC president: Know who’s in race
8 years, 4 months ago

Sukhbir Badal will choose the next SGPC president: Know who’s in race

Hindustan Times  

In accordance with the Shiromani Akali Dal tradition, its chief -- deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal -- will select the next president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee from among the SGPC members belonging to the party here on Saturday. During a closed-door meeting at Teja Singh Samundri Hall here on Friday, SGPC members belonging to the Akali Dal …

HSGPC row: Warring Sikh groups agree on panel to resolve issue
10 years, 7 months ago

HSGPC row: Warring Sikh groups agree on panel to resolve issue

India TV News  

Chandigarh: Senior leaders of the Shiromani Akali Dal and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee on one side and the newly-created Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee Monday evening agreed to set up a panel to look into all aspects of control of Haryana gurdwaras to resolve the issue. "After prolonged discussion over the issue, it was unanimously resolved that a committee …

HSGPC supporters continue to sit on dharna, SAD meets Governor
10 years, 7 months ago

HSGPC supporters continue to sit on dharna, SAD meets Governor

India TV News  

Chandigarh: The supporters and leaders of separate Gurudwara body continued to sit on a dharna at Kurukshetra for the second day today remaining adamant to wrest control of the Gurudwaras from Amritsar-based SGPC, even as a SAD delegation met the Haryana Governor here and demanded immediate review of the “unconstitutional” Act passed by the state assembly. A senior Haryana police …

Will not allow Haryana committee to take charge of gurdwaras in state: SGPC
10 years, 8 months ago

Will not allow Haryana committee to take charge of gurdwaras in state: SGPC

Firstpost  

President of the SGPC Avtar Singh Makkar said the Haryana Gurdwara Management Committee would not be handed over charge of gurdwaras in the state. Amritsar: President of the Shiromani Gurdwara Pharbandhak Committee Avtar Singh Makkar on Friday said the newly-formed Haryana Gurdwara Management Committee would not be handed over charge of gurdwaras in the state. “HSGMC was never recognised by …

Don't take Sikh religious matters to court: Akal Takht chief
10 years, 8 months ago

Don't take Sikh religious matters to court: Akal Takht chief

India TV News  

Amritsar: Amid the controversy over the creation of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee and the stand-off between Sikh leaders in Punjab and those in Haryana, the Jathedar of the Akal Takht, Gurbachan Singh, says that Sikhs should not take these matters to court. These should be resolved within the religion," Gurbachan Singh told IANS in an interview here.Under fire …

Akal Takht restrains HSGMC office bearers from functioning
10 years, 8 months ago

Akal Takht restrains HSGMC office bearers from functioning

India TV News  

Amritsar: In a fresh directive, Akal Takht, the supreme temporal body of Sikhs, today restrained from functioning the newly elected office bearers of Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee. It also instructed that Amritsar-based SGPC will continue to manage the day-to-day affairs of some 25 big Sikh shrines in Haryana, with an average annual income to the tune of Rs 30 …

Sikhs will give befitting reply to Congress tactics: Prakash Singh Badal
10 years, 8 months ago

Sikhs will give befitting reply to Congress tactics: Prakash Singh Badal

India TV News  

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Friday asserted that the Sikhs will not succumb to the "politically-motivated" tactics of the Congress to divide them by creating a separate committee to manage gurdwaras in Haryana. Badal told reporters in Mohali, 10 km from here, that the Shiromani Akali Dal was not in favour of 'morchas' but would not allow anti-Sikh …

Sikh forums call for restraint on separate SGPC issue
10 years, 8 months ago

Sikh forums call for restraint on separate SGPC issue

The Hindu  

Sikhs leaders and socio-cultural organisations have called on Punjab to exercise restraint and withdraw its call for a ‘morcha’ at the Akal Takht, against >Haryana’s decision to set up a separate gurdwara management panel, the Haryana Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. Despite the discord, the Haryana government on Wednesday constituted a 41-member, ad hoc Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee to manage, …

Why a SGPC in Haryana is a big political blow to the Akali Dal
10 years, 8 months ago

Why a SGPC in Haryana is a big political blow to the Akali Dal

Firstpost  

Chandigarh: The creation of a separate Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee in Haryana has thrown the Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab into an existential crisis. Taking leave from the ongoing Budget session of the Punjab assembly he rushed to Delhi to meet Home Minister Rajnath Singh to force Haryana government to change its mind on the separate SGPC. Randeep Singh Surjewala, …

HSGPC to start functioning soon: Minister
10 years, 8 months ago

HSGPC to start functioning soon: Minister

India TV News  

Chandigarh: A 40-member committee of the newly created Haryana Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Comittee would soon start functioning from its state-level office at Kurukshetra, a Haryana minister said Sunday. Haryana Education Minister Geeta Bhukkal said the HSGPC was set up as per the long-pending demand of Sikhs in the state. "The Shiromani Akali Dal has been managing Haryana gurdwaras since the …

Haryana SGPC row: Akali Dal term it assault on Khalsa Panth
10 years, 8 months ago

Haryana SGPC row: Akali Dal term it assault on Khalsa Panth

India TV News  

Chandigarh: Terming it a "sinister move of the Congress government in Haryana to dilute, divide and break up the supreme, sacred and historic" SGPC, Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal Tuesday said the move to set up a parallel body was a "direct assault on the Khalsa Panth, its history, traditions and spiritual values". On the contrary, it is as if …

Stirring the volatile Sikh religious pot
10 years, 8 months ago

Stirring the volatile Sikh religious pot

The Hindu  

The Congress government’s move in Haryana to have a Sikh Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee of its own in order to manage Sikh shrines in the State, has stirred the volatile Sikh religious pot. Mr. Badal has described Haryana’s move as “illegal and unconstitutional” because the SGPC is constituted under the Sikh Gurdwara Act, 1925, a Central law. Further, Randeep Singh Surjewala, …

Haryana Governor gives assent to SGPC bill
10 years, 8 months ago

Haryana Governor gives assent to SGPC bill

India TV News  

Chandigarh: Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia Monday gave his assent to a new bill, passed by the state assembly Friday, for creating a separate management committee for Sikh shrines in Haryana. The Haryana government is all ready to set up an ad hoc committee to manage the affairs of the state's gurdwaras till members to the Haryana Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee …

Akali Dal terms Haryana gurdwara bill unconstitutional, illegal
10 years, 8 months ago

Akali Dal terms Haryana gurdwara bill unconstitutional, illegal

India TV News  

Chandigarh: Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal Friday termed the passing of a bill by the Haryana assembly for a separate Sikh board for gurdwaras in the state as "totally unconstitutional" and "illegal". Accusing Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda of getting the bill passed as a "politically motivated" move, Punjab Education Minister and party spokesman Daljit Singh Cheema said "the …

SGPC forms separate sub-committee for Haryana
10 years, 8 months ago

SGPC forms separate sub-committee for Haryana

India TV News  

Chandigarh: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee today announced a separate sub-committee to look after Gurudwaras in Haryana as the ruling Congress introduced a Bill in the state Assembly seeking a separate body to manage affairs of Sikh shrines. Amritsar-based SGPC, considered to be mini-parliament of Sikhs, announced that the separate sub-committee will manage day-to-day functioning of Sikh Gurudwaras in Haryana, SGPC …

SGPC row: Akal Takht cautions Haryana against Congress move
10 years, 8 months ago

SGPC row: Akal Takht cautions Haryana against Congress move

India TV News  

Amritsar: The highest temporal seat of the Sikh religion, the Akal Takht, Monday opposed the move by the Haryana government to allow a separate committee to manage gurdwaras in the state. Akal Takht jathedar Gurbachan Singh said the move to allow a separate committee for Haryana was a "conspiracy" by the Congress government in Haryana led by Chief Minister Bhupinder …

Amid opposition, Haryana announces separate SGPC
10 years, 8 months ago

Amid opposition, Haryana announces separate SGPC

The Hindu  

Amid stiff opposition from Punjab, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, announced the formation of a separate Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee for the Sikhs of Haryana at a well-attended Sikh Sammelan in Patti Afghana village on Sunday. He said a Bill to form the Haryana Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee, which will manage Sikh shrines in Haryana will be introduced in …

Haryana: Cong cocktail of politics and religion leaves Sikh body livid
10 years, 8 months ago

Haryana: Cong cocktail of politics and religion leaves Sikh body livid

Firstpost  

Desperate to find new vote banks after its disastrous performance in the general elections, the Congress government in Haryana is actively considering the creation of a Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee in the state which would match the original at Amritsar in Punjab in prominence. The Sikh community in Haryana, backed by the Congress Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, seems determined …

Separate Sikh panel recommended for Haryana: Hooda
10 years, 9 months ago

Separate Sikh panel recommended for Haryana: Hooda

India TV News  

Chandigarh: Amid a growing controversy over the issue, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Tuesday said a committee set up by the state government on the issue of a separate managing committee for Haryana gurdwaras was in favour of a separate Sikh body for the purpose. "The government would take a decision in view of the larger interest of Sikhs …

Separate Sikh panel recommended for Haryana: Bhupinder Singh Hooda
10 years, 9 months ago

Separate Sikh panel recommended for Haryana: Bhupinder Singh Hooda

India TV News  

Chandigarh: Amid a growing controversy over the issue, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Tuesday said a committee set up by the state government on the issue of a separate managing committee for Haryana gurdwaras was in favour of a separate Sikh body for the purpose. "The government would take a decision in view of the larger interest of Sikhs …

Akali Dal warns Congress over separate Haryana Sikh body
10 years, 9 months ago

Akali Dal warns Congress over separate Haryana Sikh body

India TV News  

Chandigarh: The Shiromani Akali Dal Monday warned the Congress against a conspiracy to weaken the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee by trying to create a separate Sikh body to take control of gurdwaras in Haryana. The Akali Dal said the SGPC is an apex body for the management of Sikhs shrines in India and is governed by an act of parliament.The …

Fight for separate SGPC for Haryana escalates
10 years, 9 months ago

Fight for separate SGPC for Haryana escalates

The Hindu  

Even as an Akali member of the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee from Karnal, Bhupinder Singh Assandh, has gone against his party to support a separate SGPC for Haryana, the Congress in Punjab has said the demand is a fall-out of the gross misuse of this body for personal whims of the ruling Parkash Singh Badal family in Punjab. Mr Assandh, …

Amarinder Singh questions Parkash Singh Badal over his opposition to Haryana SGPC
10 years, 9 months ago

Amarinder Singh questions Parkash Singh Badal over his opposition to Haryana SGPC

India TV News  

Amritsar: Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Amarinder Singh today questioned Parkash Singh Badal's opposition to the creation of a separate SGPC for Haryana while supporting the move for managing affairs of Sikhs in the neighbouring state. “If the Sikhs in Haryana are now seeking autonomy for running their Gurdwaras, what is wrong in it?” he asked, while supporting …

No SGPC honour to Vaidya's killers: Akali Dal MP
12 years, 5 months ago

No SGPC honour to Vaidya's killers: Akali Dal MP

India TV News  

New Delhi, Oct 11: Sikh shrine management committee SGPC had not honoured the killers of Gen. A.S. Vaidya, army chief in 1984 when the Golden Temple in Amritsar was stormed by the miitary, Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal MP Naresh Gujral said Thursday. Gujral told a TV channel that there was a misinformation campaign that the Shiromani Gurudwara Parbhandak Committee …

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