PRIVILEGE MOTION PASSED AGAINST SGPC
CHANDIGARH:THE Punjab assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed a privilege motion against the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandak Committee (SGPC) for condemning the Justice Ranjit Singh (retd) Commission report even before it was tabled in the House.
The motion was moved by parliamentary affairs minister Brahm Mohindra after Congress MLA Kuldeep Vaid raised the issue during a debate on the report.
Vaid said by condemning the report on sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib, the SGPC has only acted like an organisation of the Badal family or of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD).
Vaid’s statement was supported by jails minister Sukhjinder Randhawa, who also said the SGPC was only an elected body of the Sikhs and not a religious organisation.
AAP legislator HS Phoolka and Lok Insaaf Party leader Balwinder Singh Bains also sought condemnation of the SGPC on the issue.
The privilege motion was passed unanimously after local bodies minister Navjot Sidhu requested the chief minister to condemn the SGPC move.
of the House. During the mock session, they rejected the report findings as ‘bogus’ report.
“The report has been prepared by Capt Amarinder Singh’s ministers Sukhjinder Randhawa and Tript Rajinder Bajwa along with Justice Ranjit Singh and his brother-in-law and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sukhpal Khaira. The Isi-backed pro-khalistan leaders sitting on dharna at Bargari have colluded with the government to fix Akali leaders through this report,” said former minister Bikram Singh Majithia, who spoke on the report for more than two hours.
He also questioned the credibility of Justice Ranjit Singh citing various instances.
BJP MLA Som Parkash alleged that by paying heed to the demands of the radicals sitting on dharna at Bargari, Amarinder is playing with fire and is promoting the idea of Khalistan.
The House later passed resolution condemning the mock session. The resolution was moved by parliamentary affairs and health minister Brahm Mohindra who said this was in violation of the proceedings of the assembly and was undemocratic and unjustified.