Number of women in politics needs to go up, says Mann

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- Surjit Singh

AMRITSAR: At least 42 members of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) General House, including that of Sukhbir Singh Badal camp, have backed a resolution against the "unceremonious" removal of takht jathedars.

The resolution is proposed to be presented in the budget session of the SGPC General House on March 28. The SGPC General House has 148 members.

The SGPC executive committee sacked Giani Harpreet Singh as jathedar of Takht Damdama Sahib on February 10, while it removed Giani Raghbir Singh and Giani Sultan Singh as jathedars of Akal Takht and Takht Kesgarh Sahib, respectively, on March 7.

They were part of December 2 decree that awarded 'tankhah' (religious punishment) to SAD leaders, including Sukhbir Singh Badal, for the mistakes committed by the party and its government from 2007 to 2017, besides revoking "Panth Rattan Fakhr-e-Qaum" conferred on former party patriarch Parkash Singh Badal and calling for revamp of the party and leadership change.

On Tuesday, a delegation of SGPC members, including Bhai Manjit Singh, Kiranjot Kaur, Harjap Singh and Amrik Singh Shahpur, met the gurdwara body chief secretary Kulwant Singh Manan to give an application demanding a resolution to be included in the agenda of the budget session.

They also submitted signatures of 42 members who supported the proposed resolution, confirmed Manan.