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SGPC’S PORTRAIT MOVE DRAWS FLAK

Posted on Thursday, 10 May 2012 by Punjabi Articles


The decision of the SGPC executive to install the portrait of former Budha Dal chief Baba Santa Singh in the Sikh Central Museum at the Golden Temple has come in for criticism from certain sections of the Sikh leadership, including SGPC members.

After the Dal Khalsa on Monday shot off a letter to SGPC chief Avtar Singh Makkar asking him to reconsider the decision taken at the May 3 meeting of the executive at Anandpur Sahib, former SGPC secretary Manjit Singh Calcutta sought to know from Makkar the achievements of Santa Singh and the rationality behind this decision.

“What have been the achievements or accomplishments of Santa Singh vis-a-vis the Sikh panth. All I know is that he rebuilt the Akal Takht in 1984 on the orders of the then Indira Gandhi government and at the very fag end of his life, he came forward to apologise before the Akal Takht for revoking the excommunication order passed against him,” said Calcutta.

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SGPC TO OBSERVE SIRHIND FATEH DIWAS FROM MAY 12

Posted on Monday, 7 May 2012 by Punjabi Articles


Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) will observe Sirhind Fateh Diwas from May 12 to May 14 in memory of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur.

SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar said the committee had made elaborate arrangements for the function. He said a seminar in memory of Baba Banda Singh would be organised at Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College here on May 12.

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SGPC heading towards a crisis ?

Posted on Saturday, 11 February 2012 by Punjabi Articles


With the newly elected SGPC House caught in legal tangle over the Sehajdhari issue, the premier Sikh body seems to be heading towards a crisis and may find it difficult to pass its annual budget in March.

The annual budget of the SGPC has to be passed by its executive as well as the General House before March 31. The SGPC needs to issue notices to its members informing them about the Budget Session 21 days in advance after getting it passed from the executive. However, the executive of the newly elected SGPC House is yet to be formed. 

This means the SGPC has now less than a month left to get its executive in place and the annual budget passed by it.

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SGPC to open 10 colleges and 11 schools

Posted on Sunday, 4 December 2011 by Punjabi Articles


Shriomani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee(SGPC) has decided to open 21 new educational institutes, including 10 colleges and 11 schools during two years said Jathedar Avtar Singh Makkar ,President Shriomani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) while presiding over the meeting of the management committee of Mata Gujri College ,Fatehgarh Sahib. 

He further said that all these educational institutes would be opened in rural areas to fulfill the main objective of the SGPC to provide professional education to the rural youth so they could establish themselves anywhere in the world.

The SGPC President also said that major threat before this region of the country is drug addiction and SGPC is making all efforts to stop this.He also said that all the SGPC members would be directed to prepare the lists of the drug addicts in all the villages, in their respective areas.

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SGPC POLL PANEL NOTIFIES RESULTS BUT FAILS TO GIVE PARTY POSITIONS

Posted on Monday, 26 September 2011 by Punjabi Articles


The Gurdwara Election Commission (GEC) notified the winners of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) elections paving the way for constitution of the new house but is yet to take any action on complaints of bogus voting by non-Keshdhari Sikhs in the recently held polls.

The Commission, which notified the results today, five days after the SGPC election, was still unable to give the party position of different parties despite the fact that the SAD had won most of the 170 seats to which elections were held. The panel also could not provide the voting pattern of men or women in the elections or the voting percentage of each party.

GEC Commissioner Justice (retd) HS Brar when questioned on these issues said the Commission had only been provided the details of those who had won the elections. When asked to provide details of the party-wise position, he initially said this would be provided soon but then was unable to do so. Brar also had a standard one-line reply on all questions regarding "irregularities" in voting during the elections, particularly instances of voting done by non-Keshdharis, saying inquiry was on.
Read More:http://www.punjabmailonline.com/Punjab%20News_news2.aspx#53211

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SGPC ex-member among 60 SAD workers join PPP

Posted on Saturday, 24 September 2011 by Punjabi Articles


Over 60 Shiromani Akali Dal activists based in Sultanpur Lodhi joined PPP’s today in the presence of party chief Manpreet Badal. Those who switched loyalties included SGPC ex-member and president of Sultanpur Lodhi Municipal Council Jathedar Jaimal Singh, Block Samiti member Jathedar Gulzar Singh and councillor Gurpreet Raja.

Jaimal said: “Manpreet has a vision to take Punjab ahead. He has resolved to eradicate the menace of corruption…so we decided to join him.” His supporters said they were feeling “gagged” in the SAD.

Manpreet alleged that the SAD coerced and intimidated the voters during the recent SGPC polls. “It was for the first time that an observer had to order a re-poll in the SGPC elections in Gidderbaha constituency. I don’t understand why the SAD leadership was so desperate to win a seat where there was no competition?” he questioned. 
Read More:http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110924/punjab.htm#3

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SGPC polls: Avtar Singh of Bhagta wins by highest margin in Bathinda dist

Posted on Friday, 23 September 2011 by Punjabi Articles


Though all nine seats of the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) in Bathinda district have been won by the candidates of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) but Avtar Singh (SAD) from the Bhagta (SC) constituency proved its supremacy as he emerged victorious with a margin of maximum number of 11,065 votes in the district while Gurtej Singh (SAD) from Maur constituency won with the lowest margin of 4,513 votes in the district.

The results for nine seats of six SGPC constituencies in the district were today declared officially. The returning officers also distributed victory certificates to the winning candidates of their respective constituencies.

For the Bathinda SGPC constituency the returning officer-cum-SDM, Bathinda, Sandip Rishi gave the victory certificate to Sukhdev Singh Bahia, the SAD candidate. Bahia polled 11,388 votes to defeat his nearest rival Harpal Singh (SAD 1920) with a margin of 9,091 votes.

In the Bhagta constituency, Phuman Singh (SAD) won by defeating Harinder Singh (SAD 1920) by a margin of 10,266 votes.

In the Bhagta (SC) constituency, Avtar Singh (SAD) got 16,207 votes and Teja Singh (SAD 1920) 5,142 votes. Avtar Singh won by the highest margin of 11,065 votes in the district.

In the Rampura Phul constituency, Major Singh Dhillon (SAD) won the seat by a margin of 9,228 votes. He contested against Sher Singh (SAD 1920).
Read More:http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110923/bathinda.htm

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Gidderbaha, Amritsar see clashes One hurt as SAD, PPP workers exchange fire

Posted on Sunday, 18 September 2011 by Punjabi Articles

One person was injured in firing during the SGPC polls at Karaiwala village of the most sensitive Gidderbaha segment, the stronghold of People's Party of Punjab chief Manpreet Badal. The election has been cancelled at Karaiwala and two other booths of the government school at Buttarshree where "unidentified" persons captured the booths and indulged in fake polling.

In another incident, SAD candidate from Dodha segment Navtej Singh Kauni was allegedly manhandled by the supporters of Independent candidate Roop Singh Gurisanghar in a polling station in his native Kauni village. Roop Singh was being supported by Manpreet Badal. The SGPC election, particularly in Gidderbaha and Dodha segments, is considered politically significant due to a proxy fight between Deputy CM and SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal and Manpreet Singh. Repeated attempts to reach the election observer, Mahabir Prasad, on his mobile phone to enquire about the violence remained futile as his liaison officer every time said he was busy on the other phone.

Gidderbaha SDM Pushpender Singh confirmed that the election at Karaiwala village had been cancelled and the Election Commission would fix the date for repoll. He said the firing incident took place elsewhere in the village and not in the polling station.

The police said the incident was being enquired as supporters of both the ruling SAD and PPP were accusing each other of having fired gun shots due to which a local, Charanjit Singh, suffered bullet wounds on his arm.
An angry mob blocked the Bathinda-Muktsar highway for several hours to protest against capturing of two booths at Buttarshree government school. They raised slogans against Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and the SAD candidate Kauni.

Independent candidate Roop Singh alleged that a police squad led by a DSP was involved in booth capturing. His polling agent Gurcharan alleged that some unidentified persons forcibly carried him away in a vehicle and let him free at Bhaliwana.

The returning officer of the segment, Kamal Garg, District Transport Officer, confirmed that the election in the two booths had been cancelled and a FIR has been registered.

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Akalis claim clean sweep in SGPC polls

by Punjabi Articles

The ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Monday claimed a clean sweep in the 170-member general house of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), the mini-Parliament of Sikh religious affairs. 

Senior party leaders said its candidates won 157 out of the 170 seats on which polling was held Sunday in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh. 

The results to the SGPC general house will officially be announced Thursday by the Gurdwara Election Commission here. 

Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal, who is also Punjab deputy chief minister, said the results had clearly shown that the electorate favoured the Akali Dal policies. 

"We will continue this victory campaign in next year's assembly election also," Badal said here. 

Akali Dal secretary and spokesman Daljit Singh Cheema said that SAD-Sant Samaj (a group of Sikh religious organisations) combine candidates have won their seats with comfortable margins.

"The results have proved that Sikh masses have completely rejected the Congress-led so called Panthic Morcha and reposed full faith in the policies and programmes of the SAD," Cheema said here. 

He further said the massive mandate has taught a lesson to the Congress to refrain from meddling in the internal affairs of Sikhs.
Read More:http://zeenews.india.com/news/punjab/akalis-claim-clean-sweep-in-sgpc-polls_732328.html

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Arrangements reviewed for SGPC elections

Posted on Thursday, 15 September 2011 by Punjabi Articles


Of the total 452 polling booths set up in the Ferozepur district for the forthcoming SGPC polls on September 18, 196 booths have been declared as sensitive.

An information to this regard was given by the Deputy Commissioner S. Karuna Raju to the Gurudwara Election Commissioner, Justice (retd) HS Brar during a video conferencing held here to take stock of the preparedness and review security arrangements for the polls.

The DC said that there were a total of 2, 21,522 voters in the district eligible to exercise their right franchise. He said that in order to ensure the smooth conduct of polls, 2137 persons have been put on poll duty, and two rehearsals for the training have been organized for them so far, adding that the final rehearsal will be held on September 17.

The DC further said that 595 ballot boxes have been arranged. Besides, 99 buses will be used to ferry the polling staff to the polling booths.

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Women seek right to do kirtan in Golden Temple

Posted on Wednesday, 14 September 2011 by Punjabi Articles

The parties may be different, but when it comes to their priority, all women candidates in the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) elections are united — it’s womanhood! And given the fact that it is a religious body the agenda is being set for, the issue that represents
equality for them is the right to perform kirtan at Harmandar Sahib, and, if deserving, the possibility of becoming head priest.
Their argument: the Sikh religion stands for equality to all, including women. What men can, women can.
Of the total 170 seats at stake in the election, 30 are reserved for women. The reservation started in the 1996 elections.
Now the women want it to deliver something substantial for them — equality in all religious matters, and, going beyond that, religion to be leveraged to bring them on a par with men in all social matters. They are demanding a proactive role of the SGPC in spheres such as health and education too.
Bibi Jagir Kaur, a former president of the SGPC who is again contesting the election on the SAD ticket from the Begowal constituency, was the first to formally raise the demand for the right to perform kirtan at Harmandar Sahib. She goes a step ahead: "Why can’t women be part of the Sikh clergy and even head of a Takht?" However, she agrees, anyone aspiring for such a post has to deserve it first.
Two other SAD candidates, Paramjeet Kaur from SAS Nagar and Harjinder Kaur from Chandigarh, have similar views. "I think we need to first convince the Sikh masses to accept the idea. But one thing we all know, the Gurus never discriminated against women," Harjinder Kaur says.
Read more:http://www.hindustantimes.com/Women-seek-right-to-do-kirtan-in-Golden-Temple/Article1-745231.aspx

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SGPC president ‘violates’ model code of conduct Installs his hoarding on government land

Posted on Wednesday, 7 September 2011 by Punjabi Articles


SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar and another candidate Rajinder Kaur are openly violating the model code of conduct by pasting their hoardings regarding the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) election on the boundary wall of SCD Government College here.

Makkar, however, said he was unaware about it and termed it as “enthusiasm” of his supporters who, he claimed, were all geared up for his victory in the SGPC election.

A city resident, Ishwarjot Singh Cheema, rued that it was sad that the SGPC president was using government property to propagate his agenda. “Its clearly a violation of the model code of conduct and the district administration should take strict action against him and get this hoarding removed at the earliest,” said Cheema.

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SGPC CANDIDATES FOCUS ON ANAND KARAJ MARRIAGE ACT

Posted on Tuesday, 6 September 2011 by Punjabi Articles


The run up to the elections of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) is witnessing extensive campaigning by the candidates. Issues like the Anand Karaj Marriage Act and the controversy over voting rights for Sehajdhari Sikhs are some prominent poll planks for canvassing.

The SGPC elections are scheduled for September 18. There are more than 12,500 voters registered for the elections. Of these the maximum number of voters, around 5000, are present in Manimajra making it the centre of campaigns for candidates. President of the Chandigarh Akali Dal, Gurnam Singh has held a number of public meetings at Manimajra.

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GURDWARA ELECTION COMMISSION DIRECTS DCS TO ENSURE BAN ON LIQUOR, INTOXICANTS

Posted on Tuesday, 30 August 2011 by Punjabi Articles


The Gurdwara Election Commission today issued fresh directions to the Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners of the all three states Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh and Union Territory Chandigarh to ensure ban on sale of liquor, intoxicants few days before SGPC elections to conduct them in free and fair and in a peaceful manner. It may be added that elections of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee are to be held on September 18, 2011.

In a statement issued here Chief Commissioner, Gurdwara Elections Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners should ensure that the parties or their supporters would not distribute liquor, intoxicants and drugs including poppy husk, opium, heroine etc. to the voters for alluring the voters for a particular candidate. It was also stated that necessary steps should also be taken to ensure that there is no clandestine movement of liquor/intoxicants from the area adjoining in other states of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee.
Read More:http://www.punjabmailonline.com/Punjab_News_news2.aspx#52655

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BRAR: NEW VOTERS TO BE REGISTERED TILL SEPT 2

Posted on Thursday, 25 August 2011 by Punjabi Articles


The Gurdwara Election Commission has announced that new voters for the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee elections will now be registers till September 2.

Earlier, the commission had announced that the new votes would be made till a day before the elections (September 18). Chief Commissioner of the Gurdwara Election Commission, Justice HS Brar, said the date has been advanced due to administrative reasons.

In a circular to the returning officers, the commission has said that anyone trying to cast a bogus vote or found to have given a wrong declaration on being a “keshdhari Sikh”should be arrested at the polling booth. This, he said, would send out a strong message and prevent “non-keshdhari” voters from trying to cast their vote.

Justice Brar said the commission had appointed 28 secretary-level IAS officers from Punjab and Haryana as poll observers. Punjab had 19 observers from Haryana, Haryana would have seven and both Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh one observer each. Officers from Punjab had been deputed out of the state and those from Haryana in Punjab.

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Busy in SGPC polls, SAD overlooking flood crisis, allege Cong leaders

Posted on Tuesday, 23 August 2011 by Punjabi Articles


The Congress has alleged that the ruling SAD leadership is busy in the SGPC elections while the people living in flood affected villages along the Sutlej river are facing a tough situation.

After visiting the flood affected areas in the Ferozepur and Moga districts, former health minister and senior Congress leader Dr Malti Thapar said the SAD leadership should take care of the residents affected by the floods rather than drawing strategies to win over the religious sentiments of Sikh masses in the ensuing SGPC elections.

She said many villages in the Dharamkot tehsil of the Moga district and other adjoining villages of the Ferozepur district are surrounded by the flood waters.

"The local administration has not provided any help to the affected people," she claimed.

She said the local people of flood affected villages have informed her that the administration has not provided them with boats, fodder for cattle and medicines.

She met the sarpanches and panches of a few villages and inquired about their problems. "I would send a detailed report of your problems to the Union Government through a proper channel for immediate relief," she assured the people. Dr Thapar said the state government should deploy medical veterinary and officers for 24 hours in the flood affected areas with regular supply of medicines to check the spread of dreadful diseases.

Adding that the people were suffering from many kinds of skin ailments and viral fever, she alleged that the state government has not provided adequate medicines for them. She also demanded the government to order a special 'girdawari' for evaluating losses to the crops.

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AKALI DAL RELEASES AGENDA FOR GURDWARA PANEL POLL

Posted on Monday, 22 August 2011 by Punjabi Articles


The ruling Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab Saturday released its agenda for the next month's Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) poll calling for the supremacy of the Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of the Sikh religion, and the use of Internet for preaching Sikhism.

Releasing the ‘Panthic agenda’ of the party at a function to mark the 26th death anniversary of Sikh leader Harchand Singh Longowal at his village (Longowal) in Sangrur district, Akali Dal patron and Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said that it was only their party which stood by the SGPC since its inception in 1920.

Through the agenda, Badal appealed to Sikh masses to maintain the supremacy of Akal Takht, management of Sikh Shrines in the best possible way and up-gradation of Sikh educational institutions. Seeking support for Akali Dal candidates for the Sep 18 SGPC poll, Badal urged Sikhs to defeat forces propped up by the Congress. He said that the Congress had been trying for a number of years to interfere in Sikh religious affairs.

He said that the SGPC was involved in a number of development projects for the gurdwaras managed by it in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh and educational institutions run by it. The SGPC, called mini-parliament of Sikh religion, has an annual budget of nearly Rs.580 crore.
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SGPC TO LAUNCH CAMPAIGN AGAINST SOCIAL EVILS: BADAL

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The Shiromani Akali Dal Patron and Chief Minister, Punjab S. Parkash Singh Badal appealed to the sikh masses that to maintain Supremacy of Sri Akal Takht Sahib, management of Sikh Shrines in the best possible way, upgradation of Sikh educational institutions and to defeat the forces inimical to the panth, they should vote for SAD-Sant Samaj candidates in the general elections to the “Parliament of Sikhs”, the SGPC

Releasing the Panthic Agenda of SAD-Sant Samaj Combine at the 26th death anniversary of Sant Harchand Singh Longowal S. Badal said that Sikhs have made huge sacrifices and fought numerous battles to get Gurdwaras vacated from the “Mahants”. He said that a number of “Morchas” were organised by the community including Saka of Nanakana Sahib, Panja Sahib, Jaito Morcha, Guru ke Bagh Morcha and Chabian da Morcha besides others. He said that hundreds of Sikhs were martyred, thousands were imprisoned and thousands other were brutally tortured by the British regime.

Describing SGPC as “Parliament of Sikhs” the SAD Patron said that Shiromani Akali Dal has the honour to claim that right from the time of its inception in 1920 till today the sikh masses have always trusted the SAD for the management of sikh shrines. Releasing the agenda, Badal said that people were aware of the fact that right from the the establishment of SGPC, the Congress party had always tried to interfere in the religious affairs of the Sikhs with an intention to get the control of SGPC.

Briefing about the document released today Badal said that for the information of the masses, the achievements of the SGPC in the last seven years and earlier, have been included with self explanatory photographs of all important educational institutions, sikh missions, Gurmat Vidyalas and Sarai (inns) built for the convenience of pilgrims. Badal complemented SGPC for establishing Sikh University and described it as a historic achievement of the Khalsa Panth.


Read More:http://www.punjabmailonline.com/Punjab%20News_news2.aspx#52509

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Former MP Mand injured in road mishap

Posted on Thursday, 18 August 2011 by Punjabi Articles



Four passengers including former MP Dhyan Singh Mand were injured when their car collided head-on with a truck on the Dharamkot-Kot-ise-khan road, 20 kilometres from here, last night. Three of the injured including Mand were admitted to a private hospital while the other was discharged after being given the first aid, police sources said.

Mand, a close associate of Simranjit Singh Mann, is contesting the SGPC election from Dharamkot and his associates were returning in a car from Dharamkot to Kot-ise-khan after campaigning when a truck coming from the opposite direction collided with their vehicle.

The locals took the injured to a private hospital. Police registered a case against the truck driver who fled from the spot leaving behind his vehicle. The truck was taken into custody and a hunt has been launched to nab the driver. 

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AKAL TAKHT'S JATEHDAR ISSUES DIRECTIVE TO SGPC CANDIDATES

Posted on Wednesday, 17 August 2011 by Punjabi Articles


Jatehdar of the Akal Takht (Highest Sikh Temporal Seat) Gyani Gurbachan Singh has issued directions to all the SGPC candidates contesting elections and their family members to come at Akal Takht to become baptised Sikh by August 25th.

The Jatehdar on Tuesday said that if candidate and his/her family members were not baptised, he or she could be declared ineligible candidate besides religious action from Akal Takht. He said that SGPC was a religious body since it manages Sikh Gurdwaras (Sikh shrines) and related religious affairs and here it was mandatory for the all candidate belonging to all political parties and its family members to be baptised Sikh besides following the Sikh religious tenets strictly in letter and sprit.

Gurbachan Singh said that elections of SGPC were meant to run the Sikh religious body (SGPC) with Sikh customs and to take the message of Sikhism across the world. On Monday, senior Sikh advocate practicing in the supreme court, H.S. Phoolka along with 40 Sikh organisations, held a marathon meeting with Jatehdar Akal Takht in this regard wherein the baptisation of family members of contesting SGPC candidates was discussed seriously and thereafter, the Jatehdar had made up his mind to issue directions for all candidates and their family members to adopt Sikhism as per the Sikh tenets before they contest elections.

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