Browsing Tag: SGPC

SGPC to challenge HC verdict on Sehajdhari Sikhs' voting rights

A day after the court gave a verdict the SGPC and the SAD went into a huddle to discuss the issue. The matter will also come up for in depth discussion in core committee meeting of SAD scheduled for Thursday evening. PresidentSehajdhari (53K)"The SGPC will not take it lying down," said Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, senior SAD leader.
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Badal won SGPC polls only on Patit votes, says SAD (Delhi)

Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) has won the SGPC elections only on the basis of patit votes — had they been cancelled, the result would have been different altogether, said SAD (Delhi) national president Paramjit Singh Sarna in Ludhiana on Wednesday.
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‘Patit’, and 'Election' indelibly inked

Sikh men with trimmed beard & shorn hair find their names in electoral rolls, vote with élan, Sehajdharis too exercise their franchise.
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Sukhbir Badal expresses gratitude to Sikh community for reposing faith in SAD

The Shiromani Akali Dal President and Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today said he had been deeply moved by the trust reposed by the Khalsa Panth in the programs and policies of the Shiromani Akali Dal in the just concluded SGPC elections.
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SGPC plans press in US to print Guru Granth Sahib, Sikhs say waste of funds

Stating that their file for money transfer is being shunted between ministries, SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar said that once set up, the press would help meet demand for the Granth among overseas Sikh devotees.
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SGPC elections: SC judge recuses himself

Justice S S Nijjar, one of the two Supreme Court judges on the bench scheduled to hear a petition filed by the Sehajdhari Sikh Federation in connection with the voting rights of Sehajdhari Sikhs in the September 18 SPGC polls, chose to withdraw from hearing the case.
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Panthic issues still unresolved

With the Panthic parties bracing up to battle it out in the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) elections on September 18, numerous Panthic issues — that actually matters to the Sikh community — are still hanging fire.
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Women seek right to do kirtan in Golden Temple

The parties may be different, but when it comes to their priority, all women candidates in the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) elections are united — it’s womanhood!
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Now, kabbadi an issue in SGPC polls

What has kabaddi got to do with the Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) elections, popularly known as the mini parliament of Sikhs?
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SC lawyer to keep watch on malpractice of candidates ~ SGPC elections

Senior Sikh advocate practising in the supreme court H.S. Phoolka here today announced about the formation of independent groups in all the districts of Punjab led by Sikh advocates to keep watch on activities of all candidates contesting SGPC General election.
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