Fw: [Shakti-L: 12075] No admission into the affairs of the pure

November 20, 2009

B.C.VENKATAKRISHNAN.

----- Forwarded Message ----"devinder.thakur" <devinder.thakurmedia_watch (AT) googl (DOT) comCc: shakti-l (AT) googl (DOT) com; Unitedhindufront (AT) googl (DOT) comSent: Fri, November 20, 2009 6:26:33 PM[shakti-L: 12075] No admission into the affairs of the pure

Verma quits as poll commissioner

The recently appointed chief commissioner for Sikh gurdwara elections, Justice J C Verma has resigned following a growing controversy over his acceptability amongst devout Sikhs because he is a Hindu.

Selected from a panel of seven retired judges by the Union home ministry on September 26 to conduct the already overdue SGPC general house elections, Justice Verma's appointment had come under a cloud after the SGPC ruling Shiromani Akali Dal raised objection. SGPC chief Avtar Singh Makkar had publicly criticised the MHA' decision to appoint a "non-Sikh" when there were several Sikh judges in the panel. The panel included Justice K S Grewal , Justice S S Grewal Justice H S Brar Justice Nirmal Singh Justice Iqbal Singh and Justice K C Gupta besides Justice Verma. Mr Makkar insisted the chief commissioner must be a Sikh since a non-Sikh could never be adequatey familiar with the tenets and religious tradition of the Sikh community.

Both SGPC and SAD summarily rejected the judge's contention that he was a devout follower of Sikh faith despite being born in a Hindu family. Following this even Punjab administration refused to cooperate with justice Verma even as much as denying his office requisite stationery for the printing of forms for the enrollment of voters

-- To post to this group, send email to shakti-l (AT) googl (DOT) com