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SGPC chief hits out at Akal Takht
WSN Network

Amritsar: Peeved with the ongoing series of seminars and discussions and a move of the Dal Khalsa to set up a committee for laying down the procedure for selection of Jathedars of the five Takhts, SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar has said that such groups had no right to challenge the authority of the SGPC and Akal Takht.

"The SGPC is the legal and official body that deals with the management of Sikh shrines and no one else can interfere in its matters," said Makkar, criticising former SGPC member Manjit Singh Calcutta for supporting the committee.

The Dal Khalsa had prepared a document on the overall working of Jathedars of the five Takhts at a Sikh conclave on March 9. It had also set up a 17member committee comprising scholars and academicians to look into their appointment.

The Dal Khalsa has been critical of the ways in which the SGPC functioned but has so far avoided direct criticism of its status and has been respectful towards the authority of the Akal Takht.

2 April 2008
 

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