Amritsar: Harjinder Singh Dhami has again become the president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. Advocate Dhami got 104 votes and Bibi Jagir Kaur got 42 votes. During the annual general session of the Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), the voting process for the election of the president was completed at Teja Singh Samundari Hall and after that the results were announced.

After this, other office-bearers have also been elected. Avtar Singh Fatehgarh Sahib was elected junior vice-president. Apart from this, Gurcharan Singh Grewal has been made the general secretary. Baldev Singh has been elected senior vice-president.

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Chandigarh: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal, after holding extensive discussions with SGPC members and senior party leaders, announced that Harjinder Singh Dhami would be the SAD’s candidate for the post of president for the november 9 annual SGPC elections.

This information was given by senior party leader Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema shared this through a tweet from his official Twitter account.

He said, “SAD President S Sukhbir S Badal after wider consultations with SGPC Members & senior leaders of the party announced that S Harjinder Singh Dhami will be SAD’s candidate for the post of President for the Nov 9 annual election of SGPC.”

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Amritsar: In a fresh decision, SGPC management has decided that candidate with a criminal record will not be allowed to participate in its elections.

The SGPC is also considering to reduce the age of voters from 21 to 18 years for the elections.

Therefore, The Chief Commissioner of Punjab Government Gurdwara Elections Surinder Singh Saron has been allotted an office in Sector-17 as well as special security has been given to him.

Regarding these elections, he says he will recommend to the central government for these changes, as the rule will be implemented only after getting the centre’s nod.

He said that last time the SGPC elections were held in 2011. This time preparations for the said elections have been started.

Both Central and state government is gearing up for the SGPC this time and polls would witness the interesting contests.

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