Bibi Jagir Kaur - a 'mahantni'??

[Deep Singh]

Bibi misusing SGPC resources: Mann

Tribune News Service

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20041023/...3/punjab1.htm#2

Chandigarh, October 22

The Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) will file a case against the SGPC Chief, Bibi Jagir Kaur, in the court of the Sikh Gurdwara Judicial Commission for “misusing” SGPC resources.

The president of the party, Mr Simranjit Singh Mann, said today that Bibi Jagir Kaur had been using the SGPC employees to beat activists of other parties. He said that most of those involved in beating SAD (Amritsar) activists at Patiala a few days ago were SGPC employees posted at various gurdwaras in Patiala.

Bibi Jagir Kaur was spreading the culture of “violence” among SGPC employees instead of utilising their services for the management of gurdwaras. “She was following the path of a Mahant Narainu, who had used brute force against Sikhs long back to keep his control over gurdwaras”, said Mr Mann.

He said Mr Parkash Singh Badal was out to ruin all Sikh institutions through his puppets. “The former Chief Minister was not bothered what happens to Sikhism and its institutions”, said Mr Mann.

Denying the allegation of Bibi Jagir Kaur that workers of SAD (Amritsar) wanted to eliminate her, Mr Mann said that his party had no agenda of eliminating her. “Our party’s only objective is to eliminate criminality and evil among Sikh leaders holding important religious p

ositions”, he added. “We would continue to oppose her on every step to make her quit the presidentship of the SGPC because of her alleged involvement in a criminal case”, said Mr Mann.

Poster of Bibi defaced

Our Correspondent

Phagwara, October 22

A huge poster bearing the picture of SGPC President Jagir Kaur was found defaced here today.

The poster had been put up about a month ago on the GT Road near Gol Chowk in connection with the quadricentennial celebrations of Guru Granth Sahib.

There is a black cross over the face and the word “Mahantni (a derogatory term used for those who controlled gurdwaras by force in the beginning of the last century)” written below it. Also the words “Bibi” and “Kaur” have been crossed in her name printed on the poster, leaving only the word “Jagir”.

The vandalised poster was later removed by supporters of Bibi Jagir Kaur.

However, leaders of SAD (A) were quick to hold a press conference to hail what they called the “blackening of the face of Bibi Jagir Kaur.” Party leaders Harjinder Jakhu, Surinder Kaur, Gurjant Singh Kattu, Rajinder Singh Fauji, and Resham Singh Pappi declared they would honour the defacer in case he made his name public.

Bibi Jagir Kaur had slurred the image of the Sikh community, they said, referring to the circumstances surrounding the death of her daughter, Harpreet Kaur.

I remember Singh47 Ji saying in some other post that Bibi was from lineage of Muralae Samparda....

What is going on here? Could you eloborate? Were Murale wale Mahants?