Chandigarh: All is not well in the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (HSGMC) as a group headed by Didar Singh Nalwi is out in the open against president Baljit Singh Daduwal. HSGMC has also sent a letter to its Barar-based member Jasbir Singh Khalsa to return Rs one lakh that he allegedly withdrew from the golak in April 2017 by violating rules.
The dispute came to the fore earlier this week, when 15 committee members attended a meeting convened by the Nalvi group and passed a no-confidence resolution against Daduwal. “Though he has been elected president, he did not complete the procedures. He had to appear before the general body, which had to constitute the executive committee. They have not yet passed the budget or called the general body,’’ alleged Nalvi.
Daduwal dismissed the allegations, saying, “Nalvi ji was among those who voted for us during the election in August last year. Everything is documented about the 41-member committee and 11-member general committee. We have started the audit of collection and works since 2013, which is troubling some.’’
“As for recovery notices, according to rules, nobody can use golak money for personal use or individual deras. They can simply recommend, that too for gurdwaras. So, we have served notices. One person has already deposited the money while another is being served another notice,” he added. Khalsa has been given 15 days’ time to deposit the amount, failing which action would be taken against him.
Sources said in his letter to Khalsa, who has been managing a gurdwara, established in the name of Sahibzadas of Guru Gobind Singh, at Barara in Ambala district, for about 30 years, HSGMC secretary Sarabjeet Singh wrote: “No member has the right to take ‘help’ for personal benefits or personal home dera... For your personal dera, you have taken help ‘in written’, of Rs 1 lakh from the Guru’s golak on April 8, 2017, which is illegal. The meeting of HSGMC executive committee held in this regard on April 5, 2017, in which the said amount was sanctioned, is also illegal as it was attended by only five members....decision on such financial issue can be taken by minimum seven members. Five members of executive committee cannot even hold such a meeting.”
Khalsa said he would not deposit the money. “I received only Rs 2 lakh from the HSGMC funds — Rs 1 lakh for helping a Dharmi Fauji and Rs 1 lakh for celebrating 550th Parkash Purb of Guru Nanak Dev Ji. We have submitted all the bills at the committee office. I am not going to deposit any money sought by the HSGMC secretary,” he said.