Weeks After Quitting, Manjinder Sirsa Back As Delhi Gurudwara Body Chief

BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Friday said he has withdrawn his resignation as president of the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee as a stopgap arrangement to address administrative issues of the body.

Mr Sirsa, as a Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) candidate, had lost from Punjabi Bagh seat in the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC) polls held in August this year. The party, however, won the polls by bagging 27 of the 46 seats.

Later, Mr Sirsa quit SAD to join the BJP. He had also resigned from the post of DSGMC president that he was holding before the elections.

"I withdrew my resignation to address administrative problems like release of salaries of the employees. I will be there till a new chairman is elected in the elections to be held in January next year," he told PTI.

He also claimed that the resignation tendered by him from the post of DSGMC president was not accepted due to technical and legal issues.

In a DSGMC office order issued under the name of Sirsa on Friday, the collapse of the administrative system, non-payment of salaries and bonus to employees of DSGMC and its institutions, and preparations at Bala Sahib Hospital run by DSGMC to tackle third wave of COVID, were cited as reasons behind the move.

".....the undersigned has decided to withdraw his resignation with immediate effect for the smooth functioning of DSGMC and will continue to discharge his duties as President-DSGMC till the formation of new management Committee of DSGMC," stated the order.