CHANDIGARH: The Bahujan Samaj Party will con test the forthcoming elections to the general house of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee on the Akali Dal (Panthic) symbol Akali Dal (Panthic) spokesman Gurtej Singh said here Sept 2nd that there would be no division of seats between the two poll partners, so that the best candidates could confront the Akali Dal (Badal) and Akali Dal (Amritsar) parties, led by Simranjit Singh Mann. The two party alliance would con test all the 170 seats.
With the reservation of 30 seats for women, the strength of the SGPC general house has gone up to 170. The SGPC has 120 constituencies spread over Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh. Out of these, 50 constituencies would now be plural, including 20 reserved seats, Out of the 30 seats for women, and five would be reserved seats. The plural seats elect two members each, including one from: the general category. ‘
He did not rule out his party supporting the Akali Dal (Amuitsar) candidate, to oppose the outgoing SGPC chief, Gurcharan Singh Tohra, who: had been dominating this stara” tory body for nearly 20 years, At the same time, he main trained that the Akali Dal (Panthic) had nothing in. common with the Akali Dal (Amtitsar) as his party had rejected Mann’s philosophy. He said that the basic agenda would be to provide a clean administration. Blaming Tohra for corrupting the gurdwara management over the years, he said that it was time for the community to make wiser choices. Gurtej Singh also welcomed the banner of revolt raised by Wadala.
Article extracted from this publication >> September 4, 1996
