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Separate Haryana SGPC tussle issue: Jhinda's fate on hold
WSN Network

AMRITSAR: Making a strong intervention in an issue laced with electoral politics and allegedly divisive agendas, Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh has said the consent of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi for a separate gurdwara committee for Haryana, coming ahead of the Assembly elections in that state, was a political gimmick meant to divide Sikhs for electoral gains.

Speaking in the presence of jathedars of other takhts, Giani Gurbachan Singh said they were opposed to the demand for a separate gurdwara panel for Haryana.

Meanwhile, the five Sikh high priests who met here decided to keep the decision on Jagdish Singh Jhinda, president of the ad hoc Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, and his associates pending till October 14. People opposed to the Badal group feel the clergy had fixed the date keeping in view the date of polling in Haryana, which is October 13, as a decision against Jhinda could have affected the Sikh voters in the state.

The Jathedar said the charges against Jhinda and others were serious and the clergy wanted to examine those thoroughly before pronouncing a decision. Jhinda and his associates are facing the charge of "unlawfully" seizing control of an SGPCrun gurdwara at Kurukshetra, albeit temporarily. Jhinda said he was fine with the clergy trying to reach the bottom of the issue. "We have explained our viewpoint that the SGPC is unconstitutionally controlling the Sikh shrines in Haryana, despite its separation from Punjab in 1966," he said, adding that he expected full justice from the clergy.

7 October 2009
 

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