SAD accuses BJP of bid to take control of Delhi gurdwara panel
Chandigarh Dec 31 PTI The Shiromani Akali Dal on Friday accused the BJP of the bid to take control of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee hours after Manjinder Singh Sirsa withdrew his resignation as the president of the body Sirsa had earlier quit the Shiromani Akali Dal SAD and joined the BJP Sirsa on Friday said he withdrew his resignation as a stopgap arrangement to address administrative issues and he will continue as the gurdwara panel chief till a new president is elected in the elections in January In a statement here the SAD called BJPs attempt a direct interference in religious affairs of the Sikhs It is clear that the latest move of Mr Manjinder Singh Sirsa to withdraw his resignation as president of the DSGMC has been done at the behest of the BJP said SAD leaders Balwinder Singh Bhunder Prem Singh Chandumajra and Daljit Singh Cheema The party is behind this naked attempt to take over control of the religious body they said Terming Sirsas move as immoral the senior SAD leaders said the Sikh community will not tolerate this They also claimed that the move was illegal and unconstitutional Sirsa had resigned from the old committee which will itself cease once the new committee is formed The constitution of the new committee to which elections were held a few months back is already delayed they said Now instead of forming the new committee Sirsa is being thrust on the DSGMC with the tacit support of the BJP they alleged The SAD leaders alleged such unscrupulous tactics would not help the BJP in any manner whatsoever In fact the move will alienate the Sikh community from the party The BJP must immediately stop all efforts to take over the management of the DSGMC through proxies like Sirsa the leaders said Sirsa however in Friday claimed that the resignation tendered by him from the post of the DSGMC president was not accepted due to technical and legal issues I withdrew my resignation to address administrative problems like release of salaries of the employees I will be there till a new chairman is elected in the elections to be held in January next year he told PTI PTI SUN VSD RDK RDK
Chandigarh Dec 31 PTI The Shiromani Akali Dal on Friday accused the BJP of the bid to take control of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee hours after Manjinder Singh Sirsa withdrew his resignation as the president of the body Sirsa had earlier quit the Shiromani Akali Dal SAD and joined the BJP Sirsa on Friday said he withdrew his resignation as a stopgap arrangement to address administrative issues and he will continue as the gurdwara panel chief till a new president is elected in the elections in January In a statement here the SAD called BJPs attempt a direct interference in religious affairs of the Sikhs It is clear that the latest move of Mr Manjinder Singh Sirsa to withdraw his resignation as president of the DSGMC has been done at the behest of the BJP said SAD leaders Balwinder Singh Bhunder Prem Singh Chandumajra and Daljit Singh Cheema The party is behind this naked attempt to take over control of the religious body they said Terming Sirsas move as immoral the senior SAD leaders said the Sikh community will not tolerate this They also claimed that the move was illegal and unconstitutional Sirsa had resigned from the old committee which will itself cease once the new committee is formed The constitution of the new committee to which elections were held a few months back is already delayed they said Now instead of forming the new committee Sirsa is being thrust on the DSGMC with the tacit support of the BJP they alleged The SAD leaders alleged such unscrupulous tactics would not help the BJP in any manner whatsoever In fact the move will alienate the Sikh community from the party The BJP must immediately stop all efforts to take over the management of the DSGMC through proxies like Sirsa the leaders said Sirsa however in Friday claimed that the resignation tendered by him from the post of the DSGMC president was not accepted due to technical and legal issues I withdrew my resignation to address administrative problems like release of salaries of the employees I will be there till a new chairman is elected in the elections to be held in January next year he told PTI PTI SUN VSD RDK RDK
