PATIALA: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee: (SGPC) chief, Gurcharan Singh Tohra, while accepting the challenge of the Akali Dal (B) chief, Parkash Singh Badal, announced that he was ready to contest the president ship of the’ SGPC against any candidate of the rival Akali Dal, including Badal himself.
Mr. Tohra said that Badal should contest the post to see how much support he enjoyed among the SGPC members. He further added that it was strange that Badal, who had nominated him for the office of president in the 1993 election, suddenly found him corrupt.
Tohra said that although his party had announced his candidature for the post of president, he would rather support a common. Candidate after taking) the leaders of Akali Dal (B) into the Confidence:
Article extracted from this publication >> November 11, 1994
