NEW leadership of the SGPC marks a departure from post-Tohra phase, could be more acceptable to different streaks
Tohra associates chosen to lead SGPC signals qualitative shift towards Panthic domain Ground Zero Jagtar Singh The annual election of the office bearers of the statutory Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee this time has been characterised by a qualitative shift in the Panthic matrix. This perhaps is the first time that the central leadership of the Akali Dal controlling this body has not attracted any criticism after a long time. Constituted under the Sikh Gurdwara Act, 1925, the SGPC manages the sanctified Sikh historical shrines in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Chandigarh. The office bearers of this body of its only kind in the world to manage religious institutions are elected annually at the general body meeting barring the first set of office bearers after the general election who have a term of two years. Like in any parliamentary system, it is the party that gets the majority that reserves the right to elect office bearers and as ...