SGPC election to be delayed by a month

The elections of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandak Committee is likely to get delayed by a month.

The elections of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandak Committee (SGPC) is likely to get delayed by a month.

Address a press conference on Friday,chief commissioner,gurdwara elections,Justice H S Brar said,Sometime back,both governments of Punjab and Haryana had requested that the electoral roll making process could be delayed as the officials who have to make these electoral rolls are busy in flood relief measures due to the recent floods in both the states.

As Ropar,Fategarh Sahib,Ludhiana and Ferozepur districts in Punjab and Ambala,Kurukshetra,Sirs and Fetehabad districts in Haryana were effected by the floods and the patwaris in these districts are bow busy in flood relief and measures and so they cannot concentrate in electoral roll making process, he said.

Brar said commission has re-scheduled the election.

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He clarified that the date of registration of voters has not been extended and remains August 14. If any keshdhari Sikh wants to get registered as voter he has to approach the deputy commissioner concerned and then only it is possible after the DC totally satisfied himself over the delay, he said.

Brar said till date 52.36 persons have got themselves registered as voters in Punjab and 3.07 lakh in Haryana. In 2004,there were 50.54 lakh voters in Punjab and 2.86 lakh in Haryana. But in Himachal Pradesh this time only 7,200 people have got themselves registered,while last time it was 15,407. The number has also dropped in Chandigarh,from 14,507 voters last time,to 11,986 this year.

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