SGPC Pathis Protest During Sukhbir Badal’s Visit to Darbar Sahib; Raise Demand for Fair Treatment

AMRITSAR SAHIB, Punjab—Former Deputy Chief Minister and President of Shiromani Akali Dal Sukhbir Badal come across a major embarrassment at the sanctum sanctorum Sri Harmandir Sahib when he had come there to attend the culmination of Sri Akhand Path Sahib on July 31. The Pathi Singhs staged a protest by boycotting fresh bookings for ‘Sri Akhand Path Sahib’ till acceptance of their demands.

As per information available from sources within the SGPC, the Pathi Singhs of various Sikh shrines refused to accept fresh “Sri Akhand Path Sahib” bookings till their demands, including a wage increase and facilities on a par with regular employees of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), were accepted.  

The unfortunate fact about this protest was that only 24 out of total 41 running ‘Sri Akhand Path Sahibs’ were halted while only 17 could pursue smoothly. However, the protest forced the apex Sikh body to partially address grievance of Pathi Singhs by raising their wages from Rs. 600 per session to Rs. 800 besides entitling them to group medical insurance scheme.

As per an estimate, the SGPC has around 8,000 Pathi Singhs working on a temporary basis for all Sikh shrines run by the organization. 

On being contacted by media, the SGPC president Prof. Kirpal Singh Badungar said that staging protests and raising slogans inside the sanctum sanctorum was not appreciable at all. He added that the issue was already discussed in the last executive meet of SGPC but the Pathi Singhs took advantage of Sukhbir Badal’s visit to the holiest Sikh shrine.

SGPC’s executive member Bhai Ram Singh said that staging of protest by Pathi Singhs was unfortunate. He added that they would have approached us than halting Sri Akhand Path Sahib and raising slogans in the holiest Sikh shrine.   

3 COMMENTS

  1. SGPC needs to make its GOAL of
    1) Opening SGPC offices in all the Countries
    2) Open all Types of Schools ,Colleges and Universities in all the districts of Nation and in every Nation of the World
    3) Hold Punjab Olympics every 5 year including F1 and Air Shows.
    4) Start working on a PUNJAB SPACE STATION at a suitable place in the world
    5) Open Sarais and Multi Storey staying Rooms in every Town of the Nation.
    6) Set Up Libraries in every Nations
    7) Set up Super Specialties Hospital in every district of the Nation.
    8) Have an Expert in every field of Human activities from Science ,Arts ,laws on its Board .
    9) Have an Representative of every Nation on its Board.
    10) Learn the art of CREATING JOBS

  2. SGPC needs to open an

    1) Offices in every Country to address the problems being faced by Sikhs .
    2) Have an Sports team made which can participate in
    “PUNJAB OLYMPICS ” held every 5 years.
    3) Have an office on Land ,water ( on SHIP) ,air ( on an Air line) and Space ( Punjab Space Station)

  3. SGPC needs to open more

    1) Schools
    2) Colleges :– Medical , Engineering ,Law ,MBA and Commerce colleges
    3) Universities
    4) Sarais
    5) Super specialty Hospital

    in all towns of India , World , Ships and Space Stations to supplement its income and create JOBS.

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