The executive committee of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) held a special meeting on Thursday and termed the government’s move to register an FIR in the matter pertaining to 328 missing ‘saroops’ of Guru Granth Sahib as a direct challenge to the highest temporal seat of the Sikhs, Akal Takht, and an unwarranted interference in the administrative jurisdiction of the Sikh body.
The meeting, presided over by SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami, passed a resolution, stating that although the action regarding the sacred ‘saroops’ had already been completed in accordance with the directives of the Akal Takht, the recent participation of ministers, the Speaker and MLAs in a protest staged by certain individuals on Heritage Street leading to Golden Temple and their directions to the police to register an FIR clearly reveal that the government is intentionally exploiting the matter for political gains.
Dhami said the issue pertains to financial misappropriation committed by some employees. Presenting this matter as sacrilege is a political conspiracy aimed at defaming the premier Sikh institution and hurting the sentiments of the Sikh community, an agenda in which the current Punjab government is fully involved,” he said.
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