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Business News/ Politics / Policy/  SGPC row: Akal Takht asks Sikh leaders to call off congregation
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SGPC row: Akal Takht asks Sikh leaders to call off congregation

Akal Takht says nobody could be allowed to hold convention anywhere in Punjab, Haryana as it may deepen the crisis in the Sikh circle

Akal Takht on Saturday asked Sikh leaders to call off the planned congregations in Amritsar, Karnal. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/MintPremium
Akal Takht on Saturday asked Sikh leaders to call off the planned congregations in Amritsar, Karnal. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Amritsar: In a bid to de-escalate rising tension, the Akal Takht on Saturday directed the ruling Akali Dal to call off the planned Sikh congregations in Amritsar and Karnal against Haryana government’s move to create a separate gurudwara management committee in the state.

Jathedar Akal Takht Gyani Gurbachan Singh issued a directive to Sikhs of Haryana, the ruling SAD (Badal) and the entire Sikh community not to hold any kind of rally or conventionon on Sunday in Amritsar and on Monday in Karnal.

At a hurriedly called press conference in Amritsar, the Jathedar said that in the light of the prevailing circumstances, nobody could be allowed to hold convention or rally anywhere in Punjab and Haryana as it may deepen the crisis in the Sikh circle.

Keeping in the view the violence in Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh, everybody should focus attention on easing the situation there, he added.

Jathedar Gurbachan Singh said that a Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) team led by president Avtar Singh Makkar has been directed to reach Saharanpur to ease the situation.

Talking about the separate Haryana Gurdwara Management Committee, Jathedar said both the parties (Sikh leaders from Haryana and Akali leaders from Punjab) would be asked to come to Akal Takht to find a solution to the current problem which arose after formation of a separate Gurdwara Committee in Haryana.

Sunday’s meet in Amritsar was called after the Haryana government refused to pay heed to the Centre’s missive to revoke the law passed for the creation of a separate SGPC for the state, which Punjab has termed “unconstitutional" and “illegal".

Haryana has brushed aside the Centre’s directive calling for the annulment of the Act, saying it has every right to enact a law and the Haryana Gurdwara Act has been passed under its legislative powers. It has instead asked the Centre to withdraw its letter.

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Published: 26 Jul 2014, 03:38 PM IST
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