Referendum of Khalsa panth on panthic identity of SAD- Sukhbir Badal on DSGMC victory  

(Defeat of collective conspiracies of enemies of Panth who conspired to divide quom)

(Announces Manjinder S Sirsa would be nominated to DSGMC on behalf of SGPC)

Chandigarh/August 25 – Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal today hailed the historic victory of his party in the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee ( DSGMC) elections as “a forceful referendum of the Khalsa Panth in favour of the panthic identity and religious commitment of his party.”

Addressing a press conference here, the SAD President said the Sikh sangat totally rejected the Congress backed and BJP-sponsored groups including (Sukhdev Singh) Dhindsa Sahib and Sarna group. “BJP via Mr Dhindsa and Mr Manjit Singh GK won 2 out of 46 seats while Congress via Mr Paramjit Singh Sarna won 14 out of 46.This is just the beginning of the storm which will sweep aside both the Congress and AAP in Punjab in the 2022 assembly elections”.

Badal said “I am feeling profoundly humble, touched and grateful for the Ashirwad of Akal Purakh, great Guru Sahiban and Shri Guru Granth Sahib Maharaj. I am also deeply grateful to Sikh Sangat all over the world for the blessings and support we continue to receive from them. I wish to reiterate my total commitment to promotion of Panthic ideals”.

Badal thanked and complimented the “entire Delhi SAD team led by S Manjinder Singh Sirsa for living up to the expectations of the Sikh Sangat  and the  entire Khalsa Panth throughout the world. “ He said this was an acknowledgment of the service and commitment to panthic ideas displayed by the SAD throughout. The tireless zeal with which Sirsa stood by the Sangat, including Covid victims, farmers and Sikh refugees from Afghanistan, has won the hearts of devout Sikh masses”. He also announced that Sirsa would be nominated as a member of the DSGMC on behalf of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC).

The SAD president said the Sikh sangat had given a resounding reply to those hatching conspiracies to divide and weaken the Khalsa Panth at the behest of the known enemies of the quom. He said the Congress party deputed police officers from Punjab to help chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s Religious Advisor Paramjit Sarna. “Our booth managers were intimidated and even raids were conducted on them. A large number of votes polled in favour of the SAD were rejected resulting in the loss of nearly eight seats”. He said while the SAD (Delhi) received help from the Punjab government, the Jago party was supported by the BJP which even held meetings of its councilors and booth level leaders to help the Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa – Manjit GK led front.

Speaking on the occasion,  Manjinder Sirsa thanked the sangat for giving a ‘fatwa’ in favour of service done to humanity and ‘sikhi parchar’. He also thanked the people for teaching a lesson to opportunists who had reaped benefits from the SAD but betrayed it to form their own faction which was obliterated completely in the polls.