Delegation meets Sikkim CM over gurdwara upkeep

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, June 18

The SGPC has sought permission from the Sikkim authorities to take up the administration of a historic gurdwara located on the shore of the Gurudongmar Lake.

The gurdwara has immense historic significance associated with Guru Nanak Dev.

A delegation comprising Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal, SAD chief Sukhbir Badal, SGPC chief Gobind Singh Longowal and member advocate Bhagwant Singh Sialka and DSGMC president Manjinder Singh Sirsa met Sikkim CM Prem Singh Tamang in New Delhi.

They urged the CM that keeping in view the ensuing 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, the issues related to challenging its sanctity by local organisations be resolved in a peaceful atmosphere.

Longowal said the aim was to clear the doubts and myths about the gurdwara that was created by local organisations. “The CM has responded to our request in a positive manner.”