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Haryana Sikh leader Nalwi backs Congress
WSN Network

HARYANA: A faction of the ad hoc Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (HSGPC), led by Didar Singh Nalwi, has decided to support the Congress party's candidates in the parliamentary elections.

Nalwi not only justified the decision but also praised the Congress leadership for withdrawing the candidatures of senior party leaders Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar, who were allegedly involved in the 1984 anti-Sikh genocide.

He, however, preferred not to comment on the “vote-rich” Sirsa-based dera. This sudden “change of heart” is reportedly the outcome of a recent meeting between a delegation of the Nalwi faction and Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda in New Delhi on April 17.

Experts said persuasion of the Sikh leader was aimed at improving poll results for the Congress in four parliamentary constituencies - Sirsa, Kurukshetra, Ambala and Karnal - which have a large number of Sikh voters.

The issues of second-language status to Punjabi and constitution of a state minority panel in Haryana are still hanging fire.

22 April 2009
 

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