Chandigarh: Sikh leaders, demanding setting
up of a separate religious body on the lines of the SGPC in
Haryana, today asked the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government to
implement its poll promise in this regard.
"If the separate body is not set up on November one as
promised, we will decide our future course of action soon,"
said Jagdish Jhinda, self-styled president of the so-called
Haryana Sikh Gurudwara Parbhandak Committee.
Weeks before Haryana went to polls on October 13, Chief
Minister Hooda had said a separate Sikh body would be formed
on November one subject to legal hurdles.
"We met Hooda and reminded him of his promise. But, he
told us legal opinion is being sought on the matter," Jhinda
told reporters here.
Hooda, sworn-in as Chief Minister for the second straight
term on Sunday, yesterday said the Chatha committee`s report
on the issue had been sent for legal opinion.
Amritsar-based SGPC, the apex religious body of Sikhs,
is opposed to the move to set up a separate body in Haryana.
It alleges the move is an attempt to divide and weaken
the Sikh community.
Bureau Report
