JALANDHAR: When SAD is celebrating its 97th foundation day on a big scale at the Golden Temple complex after a gap of several years, a complainant in a forgery case filed against its top leaders in 2009 in a Hoshiarpur court for having two constitutions recently recorded his statement and submitted crucial documents in the matter.
The criminal complaint was filed by Malta Boat Tragedy Probe Mission chairman Balwant Singh Khera in February 2009 on the ground that SAD had two constitutions — one submitted by the party to the Gurdwara Election Commission (before the 2004 election of SGPC) and the other before the Election Commission of India.
In his statement recorded on December 6 in the court of judicial magistrate first class (JMIC) Gursher Singh, Khera pointed out that in 1989 SAD and SAD (Badal), two parties at that time which merged later, submitted separate undertakings that the constitution of the party had been amended to incorporate principles of socialism, secularism and democracy, along with forged and fabricated constitution, whereas at the relevant time the constitution of SAD (Badal) had never been amended.
He also pointed out that the constitution submitted before the Gurdwara commission, which had already been submitted to the court, showed that the party had a non-secular character. His statement mentioned that the other constitution of the other party set a different eligibility criterion for its membership. Following this, a criminal case was filed against SAD president Sukhbir Badal, party secretary general Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, secretary Daljit Singh Cheema and party's Hoshiarpur district president alleging that the leaders committed a serious crime and they were liable to be prosecuted as per law.
The criminal complaint was filed by Malta Boat Tragedy Probe Mission chairman Balwant Singh Khera in February 2009 on the ground that SAD had two constitutions — one submitted by the party to the Gurdwara Election Commission (before the 2004 election of SGPC) and the other before the Election Commission of India.
In his statement recorded on December 6 in the court of judicial magistrate first class (JMIC) Gursher Singh, Khera pointed out that in 1989 SAD and SAD (Badal), two parties at that time which merged later, submitted separate undertakings that the constitution of the party had been amended to incorporate principles of socialism, secularism and democracy, along with forged and fabricated constitution, whereas at the relevant time the constitution of SAD (Badal) had never been amended.
He also pointed out that the constitution submitted before the Gurdwara commission, which had already been submitted to the court, showed that the party had a non-secular character. His statement mentioned that the other constitution of the other party set a different eligibility criterion for its membership. Following this, a criminal case was filed against SAD president Sukhbir Badal, party secretary general Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, secretary Daljit Singh Cheema and party's Hoshiarpur district president alleging that the leaders committed a serious crime and they were liable to be prosecuted as per law.
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