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Amritsar – After nearly one year, prominent kathavachak Bhai Pinderpal Singh has been invited to resume katha at Manji Sahib, Amritsar. Last year, Bhai Sahib’s katha diwaans were cancelled after he requested sangat to attend Shaahedi Samagam being held in the remembrance of two Sikhs who were killed by Punjab Government & his recent involvement in protests in Guru Granth Sahib Ji’s sacrilege cases, SGPC has cancelled his scheduled diwans. Bhai Pinderpal Singh will start katha as of 21st October at Diwan Manji Sahib hall in Darbar Sahib complex, Amritsar. Source:http://singhstation.net/2016/10/bhai-pinderpal-singh-resume-katha-manji-sahib-amritsar/

Source: SGPC Approaches Bhai Pinderpal Singh to be Akal Takht Jathedar Amritsar Sahib – Bhai Pinderpal Singh ji, who natively hails from Tharwa Majra village in Karnal (Haryana), lives in Ludhiana. Sources say he is being persuaded by the SGPC and other Sikh bodies to head the Akal Takht Sahib. The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) is contemplating to pick eminent Sikh kathavachak (preacher) Giani Pinderpal Singh (49) as the Akal Takht jathedar to replace the beleaguered Giani Gurbachan Singh. The development comes in the backdrop of the controversial decision taken at Sarbat Khalsa 2015 to ‘appoint’ Bhai Jagtar Singh Hawara as the Akal Takht jathedar. As per reports, speculation is rife in Sikh circles that a person like Pinderpal would be acceptable to Sikhs in India as well as abroad, be it moderate or hardliners, to head the highest temporal seat of the community. “A person like him (Bhai Pinderpal Singh) can certainly help bring the Sikh community out of the current crisis, but it remains to be seen whether he would accept the post of the Akal Takht head or not,” said SGPC president Avtar Singh Makkar, adding that it was premature to reach any conclusion. In August 2008, he was approached by the SGPC to take over as the Akal Takht jathedar after the ouster of then jathedar Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti, but he refused the offer. Talking to HT on the phone, Bhai Pinderpal Singh ji said, “In the current situation, there is an acute deficit of trust and faith among the Sikhs. No Sikh believes in the other. Moreover, when there are two jathedars (one appointed by the SGPC, the other by the ‘Sarbat Khalsa’), it is very difficult for both to prove who is the real one.” Evading queries on being approached to head the Akal Takht, he said a priest could not be a leader. He got upset with the SGPC when he was told late last month to wind up his scheduled 10-day ‘katha’ on the fourth day because of his comments on the Panthic crisis, made at Manji Sahib on the premises of the Golden Temple. YOUR OPINION: Do you think Bhai Pinder Singh ji should accept the offer to be New Akal Takht Sahib Jathedar?