CHANDIGARH: The president of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) Harjinder Singh Dhami today resigned from his post. He has submitted his resignation to SGPC Executive Committee.
The resignation of Dhami is seen as another crisis for Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and ots former president Sukhbir Singh Badal who controls SGPC.
Dhami resigned after the Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh condemned the sacking of Giani Harpreet Singh (High Priest) of Takht Damdama Sahib by executive committee of SGPC. Dhami said that he was committed to Akal Takhat and he feels it moral responsibility to resign after criticism of sacking of Harpreet Singh.
He demanded that he has also requested Akal Takht to remove him from the seven-member committee constituted by the Akal Takht on December 2 last year to supervise the re-organisation of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD).
Referring to a February 13 Facebook post of Jathedar Raghbir Singh on the termination of services of Giani Harpreet Singh, "Once again, I want to say from my heart that terminating the services of Giani Harpreet Singh is an extremely condemnable and unfortunate act which has harmed the independent existence of the Takht Sahibs, ’’ Singh said.