Shiromani Akali Dal candidate Harjinder Singh Dhami was on Monday re-elected the president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) for a fourth consecutive term.
Dhami defeated his rival and former SGPC chief Bibi Jagir Kaur who was fielded by the Shiromani Akali Dal Sudhar Lehar, a rebel faction of the SAD.
Out of the total 142 votes polled, SAD candidate Dhami secured 107 while Kaur got 33.
Two votes were declared invalid.
Harjinder Singh Dhami is a Sikh lawyer who has been serving as the 30th president of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee since 2021. He has been a member of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee for Sham Churasi in Hoshiarpur since 1996.