Nanded Board row: Badal wants PM to intervene
27 Aug 2014 5:51 AM IST
Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday sought the intervention of prime minister Narendra Modi to ‘restrain’ Maharashtra government from going ahead with its ‘arbitrary’ decision to reduce SGPC’s representation in the Takht Sri Hazur Sahib Board at Nanded.
The Maharashtra cabinet recently approved the report of the Bhatia committee that recommended reducing the representation of Amritsar-based Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) from the existing four to one.
In a letter to the prime minister, copy of which was circulated to media here, he said that this was not an ordinary administrative decision as it concerned the sentiments and religious traditions of Sikh community.
He said the Congress-led government had also decided to deny membership to chief Khalsa Diwan, one of the oldest Sikh institution which was earlier represented on the Board.
‘This anti-Sikh decision was a part of a deep rooted conspiracy of the Congress to lower the dignity of Sikh religious institutions, including the Takht Sri Hazur Sahib and the SGPC,’ he alleged.
Appealing to the prime minister to prevent the situation from getting worse, Badal said the centre should take appropriate measures to refrain the Maharashtra government from going ahead with this ‘unwarranted dangerous move’.
The Maharashtra cabinet recently approved the report of the Bhatia committee that recommended reducing the representation of Amritsar-based Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) from the existing four to one.
In a letter to the prime minister, copy of which was circulated to media here, he said that this was not an ordinary administrative decision as it concerned the sentiments and religious traditions of Sikh community.
He said the Congress-led government had also decided to deny membership to chief Khalsa Diwan, one of the oldest Sikh institution which was earlier represented on the Board.
‘This anti-Sikh decision was a part of a deep rooted conspiracy of the Congress to lower the dignity of Sikh religious institutions, including the Takht Sri Hazur Sahib and the SGPC,’ he alleged.
Appealing to the prime minister to prevent the situation from getting worse, Badal said the centre should take appropriate measures to refrain the Maharashtra government from going ahead with this ‘unwarranted dangerous move’.
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