Panel announced to manage Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee

Move may delay elections to HSGMC for the next 18 months

- NEERAJ MOHAN

Having failed to conduct the elections for Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee, The BJP government has taken the unprecedented step of appointing a 41-member ad hoc committee to manage the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (HSGMC).

The move may end up delaying the elections to the HSGMC for the next 18 months and avoid any confrontation in Gurudwara politics of the state ahead of the assembly elections.

According to a gazette notification issued by the Home Department, the new committee will oversee and supervise the assets of Gurdwaras across Haryana. The notification cites the powers granted under sub-section (8) of section 16 of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara (Management) Act, 2014, and The Haryana Sikh Gurdwaras (Management) Amendment Act, 2022.