Captain backs separate panel for Haryana Sikhs
Monday, 30/06/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140630/punjab.htm#6
Patiala : Amritsar MP Capt Amarinder Singh today criticised Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal for trying to distort facts about the SGPC and his (Badal's) opposition to the formation of a separate body for managing gurdwaras in Haryana.
He asked Badal as to how would a separate body for Haryana weaken the SGPC.
Reacting to Badal's statement criticising him for his support to a separate body in Haryana, Capt Amarinder said Badal was trying to distort the facts as it was not the Congress that wanted a separate SGPC for Haryana, but the Sikhs of the state, who had the right to manage the affairs of their religious places instead of being "remote-controlled" by the Badals.
He said the logic for a separate Haryana SGPC was similar as was argued by him (Badal) during the Punjabi suba movement. “If the Sikhs there want autonomy for running their gurdwaras what is wrong in that?" he asked.
