—Dal Khalsa has asked the SGPC president and other executive members to explain why and under whose instruction, SS Kohli was given free hand and unbridled powers to run the affairs of the premier institution. Kohli is an employee of the SGPC who is awarded huge salary of Rs. 10,000,000 every year. Dal Khalsa further asked why the SGPC was tolerating the loot and the misuse of golak by him.
Party head H S Dhami has asked Jathedar Avtar Singh and his executive colleagues either to show the doors to Kohli and if they were helpless, then they all should resign. He asked the executive committee to spell out single contribution of Kohli that led to the working and functioning of the institution transparent, better, effective and corruption-free.
He said as per their information, Kohli is Chartered Accountant and closely associated with Sukhbir Badal and Raghujeet Virk, vice-president of the SGPC. He claimed that Sukhbir through proxy (Virk) was running the SGPC affairs. He said there were open talks in the corridors of the SGPC that during his monthly visit to Darbar Sahib, Sukhbir instructs the SGPC officials what to do and what not to do. He said, on that day taking jibe on Sukhbir’s orders, employee’s term it “hukamnama of today”.
He took a dig at Makkar, Sukhdev Singh Bhaur and others who have been reduced to rubber stamp in the SGPC. Dal Khalsa leader asked all except Virk, whose writ run in the SGPC to either quit or show that they were not toothless and spineless. He said if Makkar and his team keep their eyes and mouth shut even now, then it would be
construed as “their hands too were not clean” and that they have no moral authority to challenge corrupt and malpractices within the institution.
He said the present executive was responsible for the gross violation of Sikh traditions and maryada as buildings in Darbar Sahib complex have always been constructed
through kar sewa and not by contractors. He said sangat and kar sewaks contribute in the construction of gurdwaras and serias (Inn) and no person has ever thought about earning profits from these constructions.
He said for the first time that even Darbar Sahib complex has not been spared by the degenerated, greedy, lusty and corrupt politicians. Referring to the on-going struggle for the formation of separate SGPC for gurdwaras in Haryana, he said mismanagement, corruption, misappropriation of funds and misuse of power were some of the reasons why Sikhs outside Punjab have got alienated from the SGPC and wants to run their religious institutions free from the stranglehold of Badals so as to put an end to the loot of Guru’s golak.
I wish all active members of Sikh Kaum/Nation get a copy of the book name “The Sikhs in History 2010” by Dr.Sangat Singh, Publisher Singh Bros. Amritsar. Who has warned that untill Badal Family is removed from
power in Punjab there is no future for Sikhi. This book is available in IEnglish,Punjabi and Hindi.