Badal asks PM to annul nomination of BJP MLA as President of Takht Nanded Board

Chandigarch : Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today appealed to Prime Minister Narender Modi to prevail upon BJP government in Maharashtra to annul the nomination of a local BJP MLA Tara Singh as Chief of the Management Board of Takht Nanded Shri Hazoo Sahib. He told the PM that this decision was agitating the minds of Sikhs all over the world.In a meeting with the Prime Minister, Badal said that Nanded Sikh Gurudwara Sachkhand Shri Hazoor Abchalnagar Sahib Act, 1956 was enacted to constitute the Board, which manages the affairs of the Fifth Sacred Takht of the Sikhs at Nanded Sahib (Maharashtra) adding that this democratic system of electing its own President by the Board was functioning well to the satisfaction of the Sikhs all over the world since 1956.
The Chief Minister said that as the President was elected by the Board, there was necessary cohesion and smoothness in running the affairs of the Fifth Takht hence there was no occasion or provocation to introduce any change in this democratic election of the President. Mr. Badal reiterated that the President of the Board has always been elected by the members of the Board since the enactment of the Act.Badal asks PM to annul nomination of BJP MLA as President of Takht Nanded Board
Chandigarch : Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today appealed to Prime Minister Narender Modi to prevail upon BJP government in Maharashtra to annul the nomination of a local BJP MLA Tara Singh as Chief of the Management Board of Takht Nanded Shri Hazoo Sahib. He told the PM that this decision was agitating the minds of Sikhs all over the world.In a meeting with the Prime Minister, Badal said that Nanded Sikh Gurudwara Sachkhand Shri Hazoor Abchalnagar Sahib Act, 1956 was enacted to constitute the Board, which manages the affairs of the Fifth Sacred Takht of the Sikhs at Nanded Sahib (Maharashtra) adding that this democratic system of electing its own President by the Board was functioning well to the satisfaction of the Sikhs all over the world since 1956.
The Chief Minister said that as the President was elected by the Board, there was necessary cohesion and smoothness in running the affairs of the Fifth Takht hence there was no occasion or provocation to introduce any change in this democratic election of the President. Mr. Badal reiterated that the President of the Board has always been elected by the members of the Board since the enactment of the Act.