CHANDIGARH, Punjab—Information from internal sources have revealed to Sikh24 that the core committee of the SGPC was preparing to appoint new Takht Jathedars at Akal Takht Sahib, Takht Kesgarh Sahib and Takht Damdama Sahib.
A senior official of the SGPC told Sikh24 that the executive members have been asked to deliberate upon new names to be announced as Takht Jathedars.
On the condition of anonymity, the leader said that the SGPC was finding it hard to decide upon names to fill these positions. He added that the new names were being scrutinized to fit in with the climate of current Punjab.
“The SGPC is searching for names that would have a clean image and can adhere to the policies of the Badal party,” he added.
He said that the SGPC executives have admitted that the Takht Jathedars have lost their credibility by granting an unsought pardon to Gurmeet Ram Rahim in blasphemy charges. He added that the SGPC members have been asked to propose the strategies to overcome from the loss of the vote bank that Akali Dal has suffered in the last three months.
However, on being contacted by Sikh24, a spokesperson for the Akali Dal (Badal) expressed denial of such information and said that the Akali Dal doesn’t interfere in the SGPC’s workings.
M Singh you have summed this up very well! Mahants have taken over our Gurdwaras!
The photograph pretty much summarises the trinity of corruption and moral degradation in so called ‘Sikh leadership’. It is time to abolish the SGPC and the Akali Ba-Dal just as the Gurdwara reform movement achieved in the late 19th Century / early 20th Century when it became obvious the British Sarkar were backing Mahants who were lining their own pockets to defame the faith.