Capt takes on Badal over Haryana gurdwara panel
Monday, 23/06/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140623/punjab.htm#10
Amritsar : Amritsar MP Capt Amarinder Singh today questioned Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal’s “double standards” in opposing the formation of a separate gurdwara parbandhak committee for Haryana.
He pointed out that people like Badal had spearheaded the campaign for a separate Punjabi suba (state) that led to the creation of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.
He said there was a strong section within the Akali-controlled SGPC which favoured autonomy to Haryana Sikhs in running their gurdwaras. “In any case, a separate body for gurdwaras in Haryana will be formed,” he said, urging Badal not to play petty politics on religious issues.
The former Chief Minister said Badal should not be scared of a separate body for Haryana when all members in the ad hoc SGPC there belonged to his party. Moreover, there were already separate committees in Delhi, Patna and Maharashtra, he added.
