Sgpc Approaches Bhai Pinderpal Singh To Be Akal Takht Jathedar

[SinghStation]

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?

[Guest]

He should not accept.

[khalsaman1]

If he wants any respect from sikh sangat, he should decline.

[simran345]

The source has been taken from Hindustan Times, as previously posted on the forum

[proactive]

Sometimes to get what you want you need play the political game.

Dhian Singh Mand is at present just the acting Jathedar, Pinderpal Singh should accept only if he can get concessions from the Badals and with the agreement of Bhai Dhian Singh Mand. By asking him to become Jathedar then they have clearly realised that they are finished and are desperate. So Pinderpal Singh should make it clear that he is only the acting Jathedar and the REAL Jathedar is Bhai Jarnail Singh Hawara. This makes the credibility of Bhai Hawara as the Akal Takht Jathedar especially among those Sikhs who are not with Badal but need convincing that the right decision was taken at the Sarbat Khalsa. He should also demand that the SGPC accept the other Jathedars announced at the Sarbat Khalsa as the real Jathedars. Also all Sikhs arrested in the agitation in the last few months should be released unconditionally. The murderers of the two Sikhs at Kot Kapura to be arrested and their cases fast tracked.

With Pinderpal Singh as Jathedar then the Baisakhi 2016 Sarbat Khalsa can take place at Akal Takht and the movement progressed further. If he can get this then the Panth will have won a great victory.

[Not2Cool2Argue]

I saw a facebook post saying this was not true. Bhai pinderpal singh was quoted saying: There are wrong rumors (afvaahan) floating about . i have been approached by nobody about the jathedaari...