Dhami resigns as SGPC chief, offers to quit Akal Takht-constituted panel

Resignation comes after Akal Takht jathedar condemned sacking of Giani Harpreet Singh as Takht Damdama Sahib head by the SGPC

- Surjit Singh

AMRITSAR: Harjinder Singh Dhami resigned as Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president on Monday and offered to quit as the head of the seven-member committee constituted by the Akal Takht on December 2 to supervise the re-organisation of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD).

Dhami resigned four days after Akal Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh strongly condemned the sacking of Giani Harpreet Singh as Takht Damdama Sahib jathedar by the SGPC executive committee chaired by him (Dhami) on February 10.

Announcing his resignation at a press conference in Amritsar, Dhami read out the last line of the social media post of Giani Raghbir Singh that said: "Once again, I want to say from my heart that terminating the services of Giani Harpreet Singh is an extremely condemnable and unfortunate act which has harmed the independent existence of the Takht Sahibs."