Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president Harjinder Singh Dhami on Thursday turned down the resignation of Takht Damdama Sahib jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh. Shiromani Akali Dal working president Balwinder Singh Bhundar and others leave after meeting Akal Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh at the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar on Thursday. Describing the developments as a ‘community crisis’, Dhami said, “The …
The Akal Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh on Sunday blamed chief minister Bhagwant Mann and Punjab Police for firing and violation of maryada at Gurdwara Akal Bunga Chhauni Nihang Singhan at Sultanpur Lodhi in Kapurthala district. The incident took place on November 23 last year when Kapurthala police tried to intervene between the two Nihang groups who had been at …
Akal Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh on Monday condemned alleged death threats being issued to UK Sikh Member of Parliament Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi over the issue violence in Gaza by Israel forces. In a tweet shared by him on November 17, Dhesi said, “Facing death threats and abuse won’t deter me from saying road to #Gaza peace is complex, as …
Akal Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh on Sunday directed the office-bearers of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee to make efforts to ensure early decision on the mercy plea of Balwant Singh Rajoana, death row convict in former CM Beant Singh assassination case, by using their “close ties” with the Union ministry of home affairs. In his customary address delivered …
Days after his attending the engagement of Rajya Sabha Aam Aadmi Party member Raghav Chadha with Bollywood actor Parineeti Chopra at Kapurthala House in New Delhi on May 13 triggered a controversy, Giani Harpreet Singh ‘stepped down’ as the acting jathedar of Akal Takht and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee appointed Giani Raghbir Singh as the jathedar of the highest …