SAS Nagar, October 10 - District President of the District Organization of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar). Under the leadership of Sukhwinder Singh Bhatia, a demand letter has been given to SDM Mohali Chandra Jyoti Singh in the name of the Chief Minister, in which it has been demanded that the elections of the Local Management Committee of Gurugharas, which were stopped since 2005 under Section 87 of the Gurudwara Act, should be immediately held. It should be done. It has been said in the demand letter that it is the joint legislative and legal responsibility of the Government of India and the Government of Punjab to conduct elections at the right time before the end of the legislative term of the Parliament of the Sikh community. But these general elections are not being held for the last 12 years.
Mister. Bhatia said that Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) has been continuously raising its voice on this issue and protests and rallies have also been held on this issue. He said that the Punjab Government and the Gurdwara Election Commission have started the process of conducting general elections for Gurdwaras under Section 85 of the Gurdwara Act and the process of creating 21 new votes is also being started for this.
The letter said that the government is also responsible for the elections of local Gurdwara Management Committees under Section 87 of the Gurdwara Act (which covers hundreds of local Gurdwara Sahibans in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Himachal), but these elections have been held for the last 18 years. It is not being conducted since (2005). It has been said in the letter that S. Yes. P. C. The work of conducting general elections comes under the jurisdiction of the Home Department of the Government of India and even after its orders, the Punjab Government and the Gurudwara Election Commission take further action, whereas under Article 87, the Gurughar elections have to be announced and managed. . And the jurisdiction is only of Punjab Government.
In the letter, a demand has been made from the Chief Minister that the process of election of Gurudwaras should be started under Section 87 of the Gurdwara Act and these elections should be conducted immediately.