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Dis-satisfied HSGPC (ad-hoc) members announce to oppose Haryana congress in upcoming elections
November 12, 2013 | By Sikh Siyasat Bureau
Haryana, India (November 12, 2013): Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (HSGPC) (ad-hoc) has announced to campaign against the Congress in the run-up to the elections to the state assembly and Lok Sabha next year. The HSGPC was formed by some members of the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabhandak Committee (SGPC) and some other local Sikh leaders from Haryana with a view to have a separate Gurdwara management panel for the state of Haryana. SGPC is a statutory body that manages the affairs of historic Sikh Gurdwaras in the states of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Himachal Pardesh.
Didar Singh Nalvi , a member of Haryana Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee and his companions while supporting the demand for separate committee for Haryana [File Photo]
HSGPC (ad-hoc) president Didar Singh Nalwi said Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had announced benefits for all communities at the Congress’ Haryana Shakti Rally at Gohana, Sonepat, on Sunday (November 10), but did not mention anything regarding the formation of an official Sikh body in the state. Describing the Congress as “anti-minority”, Nalwi said the formation of the Sikh body was in Congress’ election manifesto of the assembly polls in 2005 and parliamentary elections in 2009.
He said that at present, HSGPC is a non-statutory and ad-hoc body. Once the state government gives a go-ahead to the formation of an official Sikh body for the state, all gurdwaras in Haryana – which are at present managed by the Amritsar-based Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee – will come under the HSGPC.
Didar Singh Nalwi claimed that Haryana CM Hooda has once again shown his bias against Sikhs. “We were expecting Hooda to make an announcement, but he once again ditched the community,” said Nalwi. “We feel hurt and vow to oppose the Congress”, he added.
He dismissed CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s announcement of a minority commission in Haryana as no major achievement. “The commission’s formation means nothing if the government does not keep the poll promises it made nine years ago. Formation of an official Sikh body for Haryana is also part of Punjab Reorganisation Act of 1966, which has a provision to have a separate Sikh body for Haryana after states of Himachal Pradesh and Haryana were carved out of Punjab,” he said.
Didar Singh Nalwi accused the party of vote-bank politics: “In December 2004 (two months before the then assembly elections), Hooda and Kumari Selja had introduced me to Congress president Sonia Gandhi in Delhi.
They had assured me that our demands would be met if the Congress would be voted to power. Sikhs trusted their words, but the entire Congress leadership has ditched us. We are disillusioned and openly motivate Sikhs to vote against the Congress in the general and assembly elections.”
It is notable that Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandak Committee (SGPC) is currently controlled by Badal Dal the current ruling party of Punjab. The demand of HSGPC is considered to be the outcome of some genuine problems faced by the Sikhs in Haryana in their relation with SGPC on the one hand and their political opposition to the Badal Dal on the other hand.
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Related Topics: Didar Singh Nalvi, Haryana, HSGPC, Sikhs in Haryana
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