Haryana Sikh body row: Jagdish Singh Jhinda to oppose govt's ad-hoc HSGMC

KURUKSHETRA: Jagdish Singh Jhinda, the former president Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (HSGMC), and his supporters have opened a front against the government-nominated ad-hoc panel of the body and its recently-elected executive.
Jhinda held a meeting of some former members of HSGMC and representative Sikhs from different areas of Haryana at Gurdwara Patshahi Chhevin in Kurukshetra on Thursday, and discussed the issue of formation of the panel.
Jhinda said, "A meeting of Haryana Sikhs was called in Kurukshetra after suggestion of Jathedar Sahib of Akal Takht to discuss the issue. It has been decided that we do not accept the government nominated ad-hoc HSGMC. Therefore, a new step is being taken forward."
Jhinda said he will visit every district in Haryana from December 24 and cover them by December 31, to take opinion of the Sangat (community).
"On January 1, 2023, the gathered opinion of Haryana Sangat will be put forward before the Jathedar of Akal Takht Sahib, where a big decision will be taken regarding the HSGMC panel. Those seven members of ad-hoc HSGMC who were also members in 2014, and now again nominated as members by the Haryana government will also be given the opportunity to resign and come by the side of Sangat."
Days before the election of ad-hoc HSGMC, Jhinda had resigned from membership of the government nominated Gurdwara panel.
On December 21, Mahant Karamjit Singh of Yamunanagar, head of Sewapanthi sect was elected as new president of ad-hoc HSGMC, while former president Baljit Singh Daduwal had walked out of the election meeting in protest against his nomination.