Amritsar: Akal Takth, the highest Sikh religious body intervened today in the growing row over parallel gurdwara management bodies in Punjab and Haryana even as the SGPC President called on the centre to intervene in the manner.
In a bid to deescalate rising tension, the Akal Takht directed that the planned Sikh congregations by ruling Akali Dal in Amritsar and in Karnal tomorrow against the Haryana government's move to create a separate gurudwara management committee in the state be called off.
Jathedar Akal Takht Gyani Gurbachan Singh issued a directive to Sikhs of Haryana, ruling SAD (Badal) and the entire Sikh community not to hold any kind of rally or convention tomorrow in Amritsar and in Karnal.
Keeping in the view the violence in Saharanpur in UP, everybody should focus attention on easing the situation there, he said.
Talking about the separate Haryana Gurdwara Management Committee, the Jathedar said both the parties (Sikh leaders from Haryana and Akali leaders from Punjab) would be asked to come to Akal Takht to find a solution to the current problem which arose after formation of a separate Gurdwara Committee in Haryana.
"Haryana has acted unconstitutionally, Centre must intervene", the SGPC chief told NDTV.
Meanwhile Haryana's Governor-designate Kaptan Singh Solanki today said the Centre's directive against it "must be obeyed", even though he said it was his personal opinion. (Read More)
In a bid to deescalate rising tension, the Akal Takht directed that the planned Sikh congregations by ruling Akali Dal in Amritsar and in Karnal tomorrow against the Haryana government's move to create a separate gurudwara management committee in the state be called off.
Jathedar Akal Takht Gyani Gurbachan Singh issued a directive to Sikhs of Haryana, ruling SAD (Badal) and the entire Sikh community not to hold any kind of rally or convention tomorrow in Amritsar and in Karnal.
Keeping in the view the violence in Saharanpur in UP, everybody should focus attention on easing the situation there, he said.
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Talking about the separate Haryana Gurdwara Management Committee, the Jathedar said both the parties (Sikh leaders from Haryana and Akali leaders from Punjab) would be asked to come to Akal Takht to find a solution to the current problem which arose after formation of a separate Gurdwara Committee in Haryana.
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"Haryana has acted unconstitutionally, Centre must intervene", the SGPC chief told NDTV.
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Meanwhile Haryana's Governor-designate Kaptan Singh Solanki today said the Centre's directive against it "must be obeyed", even though he said it was his personal opinion. (Read More)
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