DSGMC polls: It’s raining promises
From a community FM radio channel, a university, a chamber of commerce to a multi-specialty hospital and a medical college, groups contesting the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) polls are promising various schemes for the welfare of the community to woo voters before the polls on February 26.
Over 3.8 lakh Sikh voters in the capital will elect 46 members for the committee. Manjinder Singh Sirsa, outgoing general secretary of the DSGMC, said if they came to power again, they would continue to promote and celebrate Sikh culture and heritage. “We organised a two-day event at Lal Quila to venerate the Khalsa victory in Delhi, when Sikh general Baba Baghel Singh hoisted the Khalsa flat at Lal Quila. We also observed the centenary of the martyrdom of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur. We will carry forward this legacy. We will publish more religious texts,” he said.
Sirsa is contesting on a Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) ticket from Punjabi Bagh ward. The Akali leader said that the construction of a multi-specialty hospital and medical college were also on their agenda. Paramjit Singh Sarna, president of SAD (Delhi), a splinter group of Akali Dal, said his party will focus on the youth and launch programmes to bring them closer to the religion. He is contesting against Sirsa from the Punjabi Bagh ward.