Tag: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee

  • Punjab CM in disagreement mode | Mann at the warpath

    The Punjab CM positions himself as an competitive chief via pushing via 3 contentious expenses. However has he bitten off greater than he can chunk?

    ISSUE DATE: Jul 10, 2023 | UPDATED: Jun 30, 2023 15:53 IST

    CHIEF DISRUPTOR: CM Bhagwant Mann addressing the Punjab meeting, June 20 (Picture: ANI)

    On June 26, individuals of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee—or SGPC, the elected apex frame managing the spiritual affairs of Sikhs—assembled at its headquarters within the Teja Singh Samundri Corridor on the iconic Golden Temple advanced in Amritsar. It used to be a different normal space consultation of the SGPC convened with a single-point time table: to sentence the hot amendments within the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925, driven via the Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) regime in Punjab.

    Revealed Through:

    Arindam Mukherjee

    Revealed On:

    Jun 30, 2023

  • SAD’s Harjinder Dhami turns into SGPC leader once more

    Via PTI

    AMRITSAR: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) candidate Harjinder Singh Dhami was once elected because the president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Wednesday as he defeated Bibi Jagir Kaur within the ballot for the highest submit of the apex gurdwara frame.

    Dhami polled 104 votes whilst Kaur secured 42 votes of the SGPC individuals in a keenly watched contest for the submit of president of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC).

    The overall area of the SGPC assembled at Teja Singh Samundri corridor to elect its president and different place of business bearers together with the overall secretary, senior vp and junior vp.

    Kaur was once on Monday expelled via the SAD after she refused to go into reverse from her resolution of contesting the SGPC presidential ballot.

    The SAD had fielded incumbent Dhami for the submit of president of SGPC.

    AMRITSAR: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) candidate Harjinder Singh Dhami was once elected because the president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Wednesday as he defeated Bibi Jagir Kaur within the ballot for the highest submit of the apex gurdwara frame.

    Dhami polled 104 votes whilst Kaur secured 42 votes of the SGPC individuals in a keenly watched contest for the submit of president of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC).

    The overall area of the SGPC assembled at Teja Singh Samundri corridor to elect its president and different place of business bearers together with the overall secretary, senior vp and junior vp.

    Kaur was once on Monday expelled via the SAD after she refused to go into reverse from her resolution of contesting the SGPC presidential ballot.

    The SAD had fielded incumbent Dhami for the submit of president of SGPC.

  • SAD expels Jagir Kaur from occasion over determination to contest SGPC presidential ballot

    By means of PTI

    CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal on Monday expelled Bibi Jagir Kaur from its number one club for alleged anti-party actions after she caught to her stand of contesting the November 9 Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee presidential ballot.

    The motion got here after Jagir Kaur failed to look earlier than the occasion’s disciplinary committee, which had requested to provide an explanation for her determination of contesting the election.

    Kaur, who has held the publish of the SGPC leader three times prior to now, used to be adamant on contesting the ballot.

    As soon as regarded as a Badal circle of relatives loyalist, Kaur on Sunday rolled out her time table for the SGPC presidential polls, promising to revive the autonomy of the apex gurdwara frame.

    She were urgent to be the occasion’s nominee for the SGPC ballot.

    Kaur, a former MLA from the Bholath seat, were the SGPC leader in 1999, 2004 and 2020.

    Addressing the media right here on Monday, SAD’s disciplinary committee chairman Sikandar Singh Maluka mentioned the disciplinary motion towards Kaur used to be taken after hard all different choices, together with giving the chief a possibility to give her perspective thru a non-public listening to.

    “The SAD has all the time sought to give ‘panthic’ team spirit via hanging ahead a unmarried candidate for the publish of president of the SGPC after the occasion president takes the perspectives of all contributors personally. We fail to grasp why Bibi Jagir Kaur sought after to modify this and create confusion within the Sikh neighborhood because it simplest is helping forces inimical to the ‘panth’,” he mentioned.

    Maluka mentioned the occasion had given her possibilities to provide an explanation for her place however she failed to reply.

    “We’re left with out a choice aside from to do so towards her. The disciplinary committee nowadays made up our minds to expel her from the occasion. Her number one club to the occasion has been cancelled. Her products and services within the occasion have ended now. The occasion has not anything to do with Bibi Jagir Kaur,” he mentioned.

    Maluka mentioned Kaur began making ready to contest the SGPC elections 3 months in the past via coming near SGPC contributors.

    He mentioned senior SAD leaders Daljit Singh Cheema and Surjit Singh Rakhra had suggested her to abide via occasion self-discipline.

    “Even SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal apprised her in regards to the perspective of SGPC contributors and counselled her to not insist on contesting the polls,” mentioned Maluka.

    However Kaur remained insistent, Maluka mentioned, including she began calling up and assembly with contributors to solicit their strengthen.

    “Issues were given out of hand when there have been court cases from SGPC contributors that senior BJP chief and Minority Fee Chairman Iqbal Singh Lalpura used to be ringing up contributors to solicit strengthen for Bibi Jagir Kaur,” Maluka claimed.

    Final week, Kaur used to be suspended from the occasion after she dug her heels in for contesting the election, towards the occasion’s needs.

    The SAD had previous issued a two-day ultimatum to Kaur to forestall “anti-party” actions, failing which, it mentioned, strict disciplinary motion could be taken towards her.

    “Following this, two repeated extensions got to her to provide an explanation for her perspective and nowadays she used to be given time to provide an explanation for her case in particular person,” Maluka mentioned.

    Then again, as a substitute of doing this, she is wondering the formation of the disciplinary committee, he added.

    Disciplinary committee member Virsa Singh Valtoha launched a purported audio clip, claiming that an Amritsar-based BJP chief used to be telling a SGPC member that he would prepare the latter’s assembly with Lalpura.

    The SAD has already introduced incumbent Harjinder Singh Dhami as its candidate for the publish of president of the apex gurdwara frame.

    The occasion’s determination to announce its candidate used to be additionally a marked departure from the apply of pointing out its nominee at the day of the ballot.

    The SAD previous had slammed Lalpura for allegedly searching for strengthen for the candidature of Jagir Kaur for the approaching polls whilst accusing him of looking to damage the SGPC.

    CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal on Monday expelled Bibi Jagir Kaur from its number one club for alleged anti-party actions after she caught to her stand of contesting the November 9 Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee presidential ballot.

    The motion got here after Jagir Kaur failed to look earlier than the occasion’s disciplinary committee, which had requested to provide an explanation for her determination of contesting the election.

    Kaur, who has held the publish of the SGPC leader three times prior to now, used to be adamant on contesting the ballot.

    As soon as regarded as a Badal circle of relatives loyalist, Kaur on Sunday rolled out her time table for the SGPC presidential polls, promising to revive the autonomy of the apex gurdwara frame.

    She were urgent to be the occasion’s nominee for the SGPC ballot.

    Kaur, a former MLA from the Bholath seat, were the SGPC leader in 1999, 2004 and 2020.

    Addressing the media right here on Monday, SAD’s disciplinary committee chairman Sikandar Singh Maluka mentioned the disciplinary motion towards Kaur used to be taken after hard all different choices, together with giving the chief a possibility to give her perspective thru a non-public listening to.

    “The SAD has all the time sought to give ‘panthic’ team spirit via hanging ahead a unmarried candidate for the publish of president of the SGPC after the occasion president takes the perspectives of all contributors personally. We fail to grasp why Bibi Jagir Kaur sought after to modify this and create confusion within the Sikh neighborhood because it simplest is helping forces inimical to the ‘panth’,” he mentioned.

    Maluka mentioned the occasion had given her possibilities to provide an explanation for her place however she failed to reply.

    “We’re left with out a choice aside from to do so towards her. The disciplinary committee nowadays made up our minds to expel her from the occasion. Her number one club to the occasion has been cancelled. Her products and services within the occasion have ended now. The occasion has not anything to do with Bibi Jagir Kaur,” he mentioned.

    Maluka mentioned Kaur began making ready to contest the SGPC elections 3 months in the past via coming near SGPC contributors.

    He mentioned senior SAD leaders Daljit Singh Cheema and Surjit Singh Rakhra had suggested her to abide via occasion self-discipline.

    “Even SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal apprised her in regards to the perspective of SGPC contributors and counselled her to not insist on contesting the polls,” mentioned Maluka.

    However Kaur remained insistent, Maluka mentioned, including she began calling up and assembly with contributors to solicit their strengthen.

    “Issues were given out of hand when there have been court cases from SGPC contributors that senior BJP chief and Minority Fee Chairman Iqbal Singh Lalpura used to be ringing up contributors to solicit strengthen for Bibi Jagir Kaur,” Maluka claimed.

    Final week, Kaur used to be suspended from the occasion after she dug her heels in for contesting the election, towards the occasion’s needs.

    The SAD had previous issued a two-day ultimatum to Kaur to forestall “anti-party” actions, failing which, it mentioned, strict disciplinary motion could be taken towards her.

    “Following this, two repeated extensions got to her to provide an explanation for her perspective and nowadays she used to be given time to provide an explanation for her case in particular person,” Maluka mentioned.

    Then again, as a substitute of doing this, she is wondering the formation of the disciplinary committee, he added.

    Disciplinary committee member Virsa Singh Valtoha launched a purported audio clip, claiming that an Amritsar-based BJP chief used to be telling a SGPC member that he would prepare the latter’s assembly with Lalpura.

    The SAD has already introduced incumbent Harjinder Singh Dhami as its candidate for the publish of president of the apex gurdwara frame.

    The occasion’s determination to announce its candidate used to be additionally a marked departure from the apply of pointing out its nominee at the day of the ballot.

    The SAD previous had slammed Lalpura for allegedly searching for strengthen for the candidature of Jagir Kaur for the approaching polls whilst accusing him of looking to damage the SGPC.

  • GST on SGPC hotels round Golden Temple kicks up political typhoon

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    CHANDIGARH: The Centre has imposed a 12% GST on hotels (serais the place the devotees keep) controlled through the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) situated outdoor the Golden Temple advanced. On the other hand, no such tax is appropriate at the hotels run through the Durgiana temple committee situated close to the Golden Temple.

    Describing the verdict as arbitrary, Punjab Leader Minister Bhagwant Mann and Shiromani Akali Dal MP and previous Union minister Harsimrat Badal demanded that it’s rolled again. Resources stated the extra GST is appropriate on 3 SGPC-run hotels at Baba Deep Singh Yatri Niwas, Mata Bhag Kaur Niwas and Sri Guru Gobind Singh NRI Niwas all situated outdoor the shrine premises. There’s no new tax at the hotels situated throughout the Golden Temple advanced.

    The present charges for one-room lodging in step with day at Sri Guru Gobind Singh NRI Niwas is now Rs 784 – up from Rs 700, at Baba Deep Singh Niwas, the revised fee stands at Rs 560 from Rs 500 and at Mata Bhag Kaur, the present fee is Rs 336, up from Rs 300.

    Golden Temple supervisor Sulakhan Singh stated the Centre, whilst justifying an extra GST on those hotels, has stated that they’re outdoor the temple advanced. “But those are intended for devotees,” stated Sulakhan.
    Resources stated the Durgiana temple control has two hotels, one constructed throughout the advanced and the opposite outdoor. The Durgiana Yatri Niwas with 28 rooms is situated outdoor the temple premises at Gol Bagh the place the room price is Rs 800 with out taxes. The Shrimati Dhanwant Kaur Dharamshala is throughout the temple advanced.

    Mann stated the sarais are related to the Golden Temple and feature all the time been an integral a part of the advanced. He stated for many years those sarais have supplied safe haven on a no-profit foundation. Mann stated that previous too, the NDA executive had imposed GST on langar (public kitchen).

    Shiromani Akali Dal’s Harsimrat Badal tweeted, “The Central executive determination has stunned the Sikh neighborhood. Those serais are non-profit establishments. I request PM Modi to not tax devotion of pilgrims and revoke the unjustified determination.”

    CHANDIGARH: The Centre has imposed a 12% GST on hotels (serais the place the devotees keep) controlled through the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) situated outdoor the Golden Temple advanced. On the other hand, no such tax is appropriate at the hotels run through the Durgiana temple committee situated close to the Golden Temple.

    Describing the verdict as arbitrary, Punjab Leader Minister Bhagwant Mann and Shiromani Akali Dal MP and previous Union minister Harsimrat Badal demanded that it’s rolled again. Resources stated the extra GST is appropriate on 3 SGPC-run hotels at Baba Deep Singh Yatri Niwas, Mata Bhag Kaur Niwas and Sri Guru Gobind Singh NRI Niwas all situated outdoor the shrine premises. There’s no new tax at the hotels situated throughout the Golden Temple advanced.

    The present charges for one-room lodging in step with day at Sri Guru Gobind Singh NRI Niwas is now Rs 784 – up from Rs 700, at Baba Deep Singh Niwas, the revised fee stands at Rs 560 from Rs 500 and at Mata Bhag Kaur, the present fee is Rs 336, up from Rs 300.

    Golden Temple supervisor Sulakhan Singh stated the Centre, whilst justifying an extra GST on those hotels, has stated that they’re outdoor the temple advanced. “But those are intended for devotees,” stated Sulakhan.
    Resources stated the Durgiana temple control has two hotels, one constructed throughout the advanced and the opposite outdoor. The Durgiana Yatri Niwas with 28 rooms is situated outdoor the temple premises at Gol Bagh the place the room price is Rs 800 with out taxes. The Shrimati Dhanwant Kaur Dharamshala is throughout the temple advanced.

    Mann stated the sarais are related to the Golden Temple and feature all the time been an integral a part of the advanced. He stated for many years those sarais have supplied safe haven on a no-profit foundation. Mann stated that previous too, the NDA executive had imposed GST on langar (public kitchen).

    Shiromani Akali Dal’s Harsimrat Badal tweeted, “The Central executive determination has stunned the Sikh neighborhood. Those serais are non-profit establishments. I request PM Modi to not tax devotion of pilgrims and revoke the unjustified determination.”