AMRITSAR: Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami, President of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, has strongly condemned the announcement made yesterday about adding a new clause in the Sikh Gurdwara Act 1925.
Talking to the media at the Shiromani Committee office here today, Advocate Dhami made it clear to the Chief Minister that any amendment in the Sikh Gurdwara Act 1925 can only be done by the Government of India through the Parliament of the country as per the recommendations of the General House of the Shiromani Committee.
He said that Bhagwant Singh Mann wants to please his masters in Delhi by giving a political color to the religious affairs of the Sikhs. Such thinking of the Chief Minister is a big attack on the Sikh organization.
He said that Bhagwant Singh Mann should talk about the development of the state as the Chief Minister of Punjab instead of being the Subedar of Delhi Chief Minister Mr. Arvind Kejriwal.
Clarifying about the transmission of Gurbani from Sachkhand Sri Harmandir Sahib, the Shiromani Committee President said that the transmission of Gurbani is already going on at the global level, with which the congregation of the country and abroad is satisfied and no money is taken from the congregation. He also said that after the rights of Gurbani broadcast were terminated by PTC channel in the month of July this year, the sub-committee appointed by the Shiromani Committee is working in this regard for the next arrangement, the meaningful results of which will be revealed soon.
Advocate Dhami questioned the Chief Minister of Punjab to tell him that his announcement to amend the Sikh Gurdwara Act 1925 is not a direct interference in the religious affairs of the Sikhs.
He asked the Chief Minister of Punjab that instead of misleading the Sangat in the matter of Gurbani broadcast, he should pay attention to the maintenance of the roads and surroundings of Sri Darbar Sahib, Sri Amritsar and increasing the convenience of the Sangat, which is the work of the government.
He said that the Punjab government of the Aam Aadmi Party is directly interfering in the religious affairs of the Sikhs for its political interests and is taking the matter of Gurbani broadcasting without jurisdiction to the state legislature, while the state government of Punjab passed the Act 1925. There is no right of amendment.
Advocate Dhami said that a petition was filed against the Shiromani Committee by an organization called Guru Nanak Dev Universal Brotherhood Society in the Punjab Haryana High Court regarding the issue of Gurbani broadcast, which was dismissed by the honorable court considering the Shiromani Committee as a competent organization. was gone He said that earlier also a resolution was passed in the Legislative Assembly of Punjab regarding the rights to broadcast Gurbani and now again. Bhagwant Singh Maan is doing this mischief.
The Shiromani Committee President said that in the 103-year history of the organization, many governments have come and gone, and those who interfered in the work of the organization had to eat their mouths.
He said Bhagwant Singh asked Mann to desist from interfering in the religious affairs of the Sikhs, the Sikh community would never tolerate such direct interference. Shiromani Committee President. He also thanked the leaders who rose above partyism against this thinking of Bhagwant Singh Maan.
On this occasion, members of Shiromani Committee Bhai Rajinder Singh Mehta, Bhai Ram Singh, Advocate Bhagwant Singh Sialka, S. Surjit Singh Bhittewad, Mr. Harjap Singh Sultanwind, s. Amarjit Singh Bandala, Mr. Bhupinder Singh Bhalwan, s. Teja Singh Kamalpur, S. Gurlal Singh, Secretary of the Shiromani Committee. Pratap Singh, Additional Secretary Sukhminder Singh, Manager Satnam Singh Mangasarai, Deputy Secretary. Shahbaz Singh, Manager S. Sukhraj Singh, Superintendent S. Malkit Singh Beharwal etc. were present.