Did political necessity compel Sukhbir Singh Badal to replace SGPC chief?

In the recently concluded elections for the president of Shiromani Akali Dal backed SGPC, the SAD (B) inclined SGPC member had proposed the name of SGPC’s Honorary Chief Secretary Harjinder Singh Dhami for the post of president of the Sikh’s single largest representative body.

New Delhi: What if it is not the political desperation of Akali’s that it has to shift the first women head of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), Jagir Kaur, to the political arena? In the recently concluded elections for the president of Shiromani Akali Dal backed SGPC, the SAD (B) inclined SGPC member Surjit Singh Bhittewind had proposed the name of SGPC’s Honorary Chief Secretary Harjinder Singh Dhami, an advocate, for the post of president of the Sikh’s single largest representative body.

Dhami is also known to be a loyalist of the Badal family and was first elected as General Secretary of SGPC in 2019 and was elected as the Honorary Chief Secretary a year later.

Since the SAD (B) has the majority in SGPC’s General House, Dhami easily won the elections by trouncing his opponent candidate Mithu Singh Kahankae with a margin of 103 votes. While Dhami received 122 votes, Kahanke got 19 votes.