5-member committee to help build consensus on co-opting members of HSGMC

A five-member committee has been constituted to build consensus on the selection of nine co-opting members of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (HSGMC). The decision was taken during a meeting of 39 of 40 newly elected members in Chandigarh on Sunday.

The co-opting of nine additional members is mandatory for formation of the governing body of the HSGMC. This committee will take feedback from all the members and the community to build consensus on nine additional members who would be co-opted in the first meeting of the house, which will be held soon by the Gurdwara Election Commission led by Justice HS Bhalla (retd).

Jathedar Daduwal claims support of 25 members

A couple of days after the claims made by Prakash Singh Sahuwal of having support of 18 members including 11 independents, six of Haryana Sikh Panthak Dal and former senior vice-president Didar Singh Nalvi, Jathedar Baljeet Singh Daduwal has now claimed of having the support of 25 members. He said that apart from these members, his group was in touch with many other members.

Jagdish Singh Jhinda, head, Panthak Dal (Jhinda), and former president, HSGMC (ad-hoc); Prakash Singh Sahuwala, an independent member from Nathusari Chopta; Baldev Singh Kaimpur, leader, Sikh Panthak Morcha; and Angrej Singh Rania and Gurbir Singh Raduar, both independent members, are members of the committee which will file its report by May 10 to the Gurdwara Election Commission.

Confirming the formation of the committee, Sahuwala said: “The state government has left the co-opting process of all the 40 members to the committee."

Jhinda said the Act mandates the co-option of two Sikh women, three persons from Scheduled Castes or Backward Classes, two Sikh intellectuals, and two presidents from registered Singh Sabhas. “The five-member committee will take names from all elected members and thereafter will try to build consensus on nine names, which will be given to the Gurdwara Election Commission," he said.