SGPC elections in Sept

Much awaited Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandhak Committee (SGPC) general elections will be held in September.

The much awaited Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandhak Committee (SGPC) general elections will be held in September,as the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has given clearance to this effect to the Gurdwara Election Commission.

Sources said the MHA has written to the Commission saying that the elections for the SGPC can be held either on September 4,11 or 18. The Commission has to finalise the date and then revert back to the MHA. Elections can be held at any time now and the notification is imminent. The Commission has called a meeting of concerned commissioners from different states in the evening. After having discussed all parameters pertaining to elections,the date will be finalised, said Justice H S Brar (Retd),Chief Commissioner of Gurdwara Election Commission.

He added that the model code of conduct which will be no different from code which is enforced during the general elections will come into force once the notification for elections is issued.

According to political analysts,with the model code of conduct in place,the government will suffer a setback for about 45 days as all development activities and announcements in view of the forthcoming Assembly elections will come to a halt.

Meanwhile,Brar called a meeting of various parties,which will participate in the elections,to get feedback on their election symbols.

SAD 1920,SAD (Longowal),Panch Pandhani,SAD (Delhi),Khalsa Action Committee (Hukam Singh),Haryana Sikh Gurdawara Parbhandak Committee boycotted the meeting.

Brar said: Very soon,we will finalise the symbols for respective parties,as already around 16 parties have requested for the same.

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There are 160 SGPC constituencies in Punjab,Haryana and Himachal Pradesh to elect the members for its general house.

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