Farmers stir: SGPC snubs BJP leader Harjit Grewal’s advice

Amritsar, March 10

The SGPC has snubbed senior BJP leader Harjit Singh Grewal who had appealed to the Sikh apex body to stay away from the farmers’ agitation and avoid giving it a “religious colour”.

SGPC chief Bibi Jagir Kaur had recently announced to set up temporary sheds and provide fans to farmers agitating at Delhi borders against the central farm laws. In a letter to the SGPC president, Grewal wrote: “Being a purely religious body, by getting involved into the farmers’ agitation, the SGPC is going completely against the mandate given to it under The Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925 and Punjab Act 8 of 1925 that describe the prime role of the SGPC to manage gurdwara affairs. It was going beyond its brief.”

Taking a strong exception to the statement, Jagir Kaur said: “Grewal should stand by the farmers and not question the organisations extending help to them.”— TNS