Chandigarh: Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh on Wednesday said a “big conspiracy” has been hatched to “break” apex gurdwara body SGPC and alleged that the management of Sikh shrines in Haryana has been taken over by the state government.
Singh, the jathedar of the highest temporal seat of Sikhs, also accused the GoI of trying to take control of the management of gurdwaras as gurdwara ‘langars’ were the biggest support of the farmers’ stir against the now-repealed three farm laws, PTI reported.
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has been opposing the separate gurdwara management committee in Haryana.
The Supreme Court last year upheld the constitutional validity of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara (Management) Act, 2014, under which a separate committee was formed to manage the affairs of gurdwaras in the state.
Addressing a gathering at Anandpur Sahib in Rupnagar district on the occasion of Hola Mohalla festival, the Akal Takht Jathedar said, “A country which makes every possible effort to keep its Parliament intact did not have shame at all while breaking the parliament of Sikhs (SGPC).” He said the country’s system works to keep Parliament intact at all costs. “But our parliament (SGPC) has been broken into two parts and if Sikhs’ parliament has been broken into two parts, then the Almighty will break that parliament in several parts. It will be Khalsa’s curse,” said the Jathedar, as per the report.
