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Sikh bodies demand fresh elections to DGPC

| Jammu |

Various Sikh Bodies including, Sikh Welfare Front J&K, All India Sikh Students Federation J&K and Sikh Youths Front J&K have demanded fresh elections of Dist. Gurdwara Parbandhak Committees in J&K after the expiry of 5 years term of existing Dist. Gurdwara Parbandhak Committees in July 2020. S. Avtar Singh Khalsa Chairman Sikh Welfare Front & Member DGPC Jammu while addressing a Joint Press Conference with Senior Sikh Leaders of these organization in Jammu today, said that after the expiry of existing term of DGPC'S the J&K U.T administration should either conduct fresh elections for Dist. Gurdwara Parbandhak committees or the existing committees should be given extension till fresh election are held. He said certain opportunistic & selfish elements are misguiding the concerned administration for installing their own puppets from back door entry, without the consent of Sikh community in J&K and said any such undemocratic step will further increase the resentment and alienation among the siKh community which has been recently totally neglected in the selection of Public Service Commission (PSC) member.
In another important declaration sikh bodies have demanded immediate audit of all Dist. Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee for the sake of accountability and transparency and S. Avtar Singh Khalsa disclosed the press that when I was General Secretary of DGPC Jammu for 2 years I had many a times written to concerned administration for conducting audit of DGPC,s but till date no such audit has been initiated by the concerned administration. S. Avtar Singh Khalsa and other sikh leaders disclosed the press that from time to time sikh bodies and sikh leaders from entire J&K have given written suggestion for amendments in J&K Gurdwara Act 1973, for the sake of clarity of Powers of Gurdwara Board & DGPC's. But unfortunately our all such genuine concern have not been addressed till date and in this context we demand that J&K UT administration should immediately appoint a joint committee of legal experts and sikh representatives for looking into the necessary amendments in J&K Gurdwara act 1973. Other sikh leaders along with S. Avtar Singh Khalsa present in press confere ce, were S. anmohan Singh Khalsa Member GPC Jammu, S. PtAb C 0-Y") S I Dar binder Singh ember DGPC ammu, S. Balwant Singh Chatha, S. Harmanan Singh, S. Manjeet Singh Rocky, S. R.P. Singh, S. Manmohan Singh, S. Khushdeep Singh & S. Sanmukh Singh and they have appealed to All DGPC's in J&K & other sikh bodies to pass similar resolutions for sounding the J&K administration for genuine concerns of sikh community related with Gurdwara affairs in J&K.