The Fact News Service
Amritsar, February 25
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has taken notice of the act of creating confusion in the Sikh world by making a resolution of the SGPC’s Dharam Prachar Committee (DPC) viral on social media by some people without knowing the reality and has clarified the correct facts about it.
SGPC chief secretary Kulwant Singh Mannan said in a statement that Resolution No. 1457 of the DPC meeting held on February 20, 1999 is being made viral on social media, which was rejected during the SGPC’s General house session.
He said that often in the meetings of the SGPC’s executive committee, DPC and Sikh Itihas Research Board, many resolutions are forwarded for approval, which are finally approved by the General House meeting of the SGPC for their implementation as policy. Especially in the matter of formulating a policy, the approval of the general House meeting is absolutely necessary. If any resolution is passed by the lower committees in a non-principled manner, the general House reserves the right to reject it.
He said that the above resolution was passed in the DPC meeting on February 20, 1999, which did not fall within its jurisdiction. Therefore, this resolution was rejected in the annual budget meeting held on March 30, 1999 under the leadership of the then SGPC President Bibi Jagir Kaur, through Resolution No. 201 and the Dharam Prachar Committee was ordered to work within its limits.
SGPC chief secretary appealed to Sangat to remain completely alert against such mischief given the current Panthic situation and not to forward any document related to the Sikh organization SGPC on social media without verification.
