Outgoing chief Didar Nalvi accuses Jhinda of bungling

The details of the annual income and expenditure of the panel have to be made public through newspapers as per the HSGMC Act, but so far nothing has been done. DIDAR NALVI, Outgoing chief Last year, we had tabled the annual budget and circulated its copies among the members. We don’t have the money to spend on newspaper advertisements. JAGDISH JHINDA, HSGMC president

KARNAL: A day after Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (ad hoc) reappointed Jagdish Jhinda as its president, the outgoing president Didar Singh Nalvi accused the former of violating the HSGMC Act 2014 and not making public the annual budget and expenditure of the panel.

“At the time of the formation of HSGMC in 2014, no budgetary plan or details about the annual income and expenditure of the six gurdwaras, which is over ₹1 crore, were given to the state,” Nalvi told Hindustan Times over the phone.

“This is a clear violation of the HSGMC Act by Jhinda Sahab and there is a need for a third-party audit to expose the financial irregularities within HSGMC,” Nalvi added.

“There is a provision in the act that the annual budget and expenditure details should be published in the newspapers and also be installed inside the Gurdwaras, but nothing has been done so far.

Nobody knows about the earning and expenditures as there is no proper audit of the expenditures. They just holding everything in their control and keeping people in the dark,” he added.

When HT pointed out that the signatures of at least four members are required to operate the bank accounts of the HSGMC, Nalvi said, “They all work handin-glove and if somebody raises a voice against it, they did not allow them to speak.”

“In the beginning, we had collected a donation of ₹9.10 lakh from the people of Haryana to pay it to the lawyers but the details about this expenditure have not been provided,” he added

Jhinda, however, refuted the allegations saying, “The person, who is making these allegations does not have any knowledge about the working of HSGMC.”

“Last year, we had tabled the annual budget of ₹ 60 lakh and this year, it has increased to ₹70 lakh, the copies of the budget were circulated among the members,” Jhinda said.

About, not publishing the budget and expenditure reports in newspapers and gurdwaras as mentioned in the act, Jhinda said, “We do not have money to spend on newspaper advertisements.”

“By giving such statements in the media these people want to create hurdle in the formation of HSGMC as the matter is pending in the Supreme Court,” he added.

It is pertinent to mention that on April 9, Nalvi had claimed that 28 members out of total 41 members had appointed him the HSGMC president by removing Jhinda.

But on May 7, Jhinda was reinstated as the president with the support of 32 executive members. Jhinda will remain president till July 14, when the Supreme Court is set to deliver its judgement regarding the formation of HSGMC.