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From: Mr Singh [mailto:rsingh1699@h
Sent: 30 January 2013 20:30
Subject: RSS/BJP backed Badal Dal Group wins DSGMC Elections 2013 by record margin
Sent: 30 January 2013 20:30
Subject: RSS/BJP backed Badal Dal Group wins DSGMC Elections 2013 by record margin
Dear all,
Please
note Guru Khalsa Panth is not victorious in this event as it is a
victory for Hindutava who are the political masters of Badal Dal.
DSGMC Results: Badal Dal – 37; Sarnas – 8; KSGSS – 1. Sarna lost by highest margin
By PARMJIT SINGH
Published: January 30, 2013
New
Delhi/Ludhiana, India/Punjab (January 30, 2013): As per reports after a
gap of ten years, Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) has won control over
Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC).
SAD
(Badal), supported by Bhartiya Janta Party, has finally bagged 37 out
of 46 seats while Congress-backed Shiromani Akali Dal (Delhi) claimed 8
seats against its current strength of 27 seats.
As
per reports 1 seat went to Kendriya Sri Guru Singh Sabha (KSGSS), where
as Dashmesh Seva Society failed to open its account in the election.
SAD (Delhi) chief Paramjit Singh Sarna lost by the highest margin of votes to SAD (Badal)’s Manjinder Singh from Punjabi Bagh.
“Sarna
polled 4,552 votes whereas 9,006 votes went to Singh, the difference
being 4,454 votes,” said GP Singh, Director of the directorate of
Gurdwara Elections.
As
per media reports Congress downplayed the result of the polls, claiming
the outcome will not have any bearing on Delhi assembly polls. Sikhs
have a sizable presence in Delhi.
“Congress
has nothing to do with the result of the DSGMC. It is a religious body
of Sikh community and our party was not directly involved in the
contest. That is why the party even did not stop MLA Tarvinder Singh
Marwah from contesting the polls,” Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit’s
Parliamentary Secretary Mukesh Sharma said.
BJP described the result as a “personal defeat for Dikshit and Minister In-charge of Gurudwara Affairs Arvinder Singh Lovely.”
“The
downfall of Congress had started in the municipal corporation polls in
2012. Now, with the defeat of the Congress-backed group in Gurudwara
polls, the party must realise what’s in store for it in the assembly
polls,” Delhi BJP chief Vijender Gupta said.
It
is a know fact that SAD Delhi led by Sarnas support Congress Party that
is generally considered responsible for perpetuating mass violence
against the Sikh in November 1984. On the other hand Badal Dal has
election and ideological alliance with Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) whose
“hindutva” agenda is known to every one. Besides this BJP leadership has
claimed that it was the BJP that pressed then Congress president and
Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to order armed attack on various
Sikh gurudwaras in June 1984.
In
this situation, it is clear that both the parties – SAD (Delhi) and SAD
(Badal) have aligned up with two different parties who have almost
similar approach towards Sikhs, Sikh identity and Sikh issues.
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