Thursday, June 24, 2010

SGPC Elections: Discrepancies in voter forms, Sikh bodies to meet PM

AMRITSAR: Various factions of Shiromani Akali Dal and other Sikh bodies joined hands to remove discrepancies in the voter forms for the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) election.

The President, Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (DSGPC), Paramjit Singh Sarna,

said a two-member committee comprising former SGPC Secretary Manjit Singh Calcutta and Kanwarpal Singh of Dal Khalsa would submit a memorandum to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union Home Minister P Chidambaram in this regard.

He said certain terms in the forms were objectionable to the Sikh community and amounted to violation of the Sikh Rehat Maryada (code of conduct) and the Sikh Gurdwara Act.
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Sarna reiterated that various Akali factions would unitedly contest the elections against the SAD (Badal).

The meeting held on Wednesday was attended by Various Akali parties, including the SAD (Longowal), SAD (Delhi), All-India Shiromani Akali Dal, Khalsa Action Committee (KAC), Dal Khalsa and SAD (Panch Pradhani).

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with thanks : source : PunjabNewsLine

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