:dateline:In a five minute long meeting of 75 members out of 180 at Teja Singh Samundari Hall premises, SGPC members were made to upheld the decision of�the�Jathedars pardoning Gurmeet Ram Rahim.
Reliable sources informed Sikh24 that the confidential meeting lasted for only five minutes in which the President Avtar Singh Makkar read a half page resolution of approval explaining the SGPC member�s stand by the Jathedars� verdict. Instead of putting the resolution before the members, Avtar Makkar himself declared it as �passed unanimously�. ��
Majority of the SGPC members present in the meeting raised their hands to seeking permission to demand clarification, but the SGPC President hurriedly adjourned the media barred meeting.
Reacting to�proceedings of meeting, SGPC member Bibi Kiranjot Kaur said, �What was the need for holding such a meeting if no one was to be allowed to express his/her opinion on the issue?�
�Such a resolution could have been passed even without calling the meeting� she added.
Addressing the media gathering, SGPC President Avtar Singh Makkar claimed to have passed the resolution of approval unanimously. Refusing to�share the details of the meeting he said, �In the larger interest of communal peace and harmony in Punjab, SGPC supports the decision of Sri Akal Takhat Sahib�.
