Amritsar, Punjab: Giani Gurbachan Singh, who was rejected as Jathedar of Akal Takht Sahib by a vast majority of Sikh organisations, including diaspora groups, was today cornered but the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandak Committee (SGPC) also.
Giani Gurbachan Singh had called a meeting to discuss vital issues concerning the Sikhs, including repeated incidents of beadbi of Guru Granth Sahib, but the meeting was cancelled after the SGPC chief Avtar Singh Makkar’s personal assistant informed Giani Gurbachan Singh that the meeting could be held only after Giani Gurbachan Singh meets the SGPC chief to appease him about the meeting.
Notably Giani Gurbachan Singh had informed the SGPC about the meeting on April 1 through a written letter. The letter had requested the attendance of SGPC’s secretaries and managers of SGPC run Gurdwara Sahibs in the meeting in order to participate discussion on various topics such as prevention of beadbi of Guru Granth Sahib, bringing unity among various sections of the Sikh panth and prachar (propagation) of the Sikhi principles.
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Sources told Sikh Siyasat News (SSN) that Giani Gurbachan Singh had arrived at the Akal Takht Sahib secretariat at around 10 am today. The time of meeting was 11 am. But when no body turned up for the meeting till 1 pm, the officials of Giani Gurbachan Singh’s secretariat informed that Giani Gurbachan Singh will address the media persons at 2 pm.
Later while talking to media persons Giani Gurbachan Singh said that the meeting was postponed as the SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar has expressed willingness to hold personal meeting with him about the proposed meeting.