The Delhi government is now preparing to approach the Supreme Court early next week to seek approval for moving ahead with the amendment which was approved by the state cabinet in October. The Supreme Court in September directed the state to hold elections to the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC, whose tenure ended in December 2011) before December 31. If the amendment is brought, it will have to be tabled in the Delhi assembly during the winter session for approval. Thus the elections would need to be scheduled for sometime early next year.
In a letter to Union home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, the Punjab CM has blamed the Delhi government of interference in management of gurdwaras. The city government is also accused of delaying elections to DSGMC currently led by Akali Dal (Delhi), which enjoys the support of the ruling Congress in Delhi.
Badal has sought the Centre's intervention to prevent the Delhi government from tabling before the Delhi assembly the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara (Amendment) Bill which proposes to make way for direct election of the DSGMC president. TOI has a copy of the letter sent by the home ministry to the state government last week. The ministry has sought a reply from the state of Delhi on Badal's concerns.
In his letter, Badal points out to Shinde that this amendment Bill violates the letter and spirit of the agreement reached between former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Master Tara Singh, known as the Nehru-Tara Singh Pact, "which specifically stated the commitment of the government of India not to take any steps with regard to the affairs of the Sikh community without consultation with and consent of the representatives of the Sikh community through the apex body Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) at Amritsar... Also, there is no provision for a direct election of a president in any of the elected constitutional bodies in the country right from the office of the president of India, prime minister and municipalities," the letter states.
"It appears to be a calculated conspiracy of the government to delay the overdue gurdwara elections in the guise of this amendment," the letter adds, and alleges that the amendment is aimed at giving undue benefits to the ruling office bearers of the "committee" to cling to their offices and to enjoy their extended term.
Delhi's minister in charge of gurdwara management, Arvinder Singh Lovely, vehemently rejected the concerns raised by Badal, saying the government was right in bringing amendments as gurdwara management is a state subject and DSGMC is governed by the state Act and not the parliament Act, which governs SGMC.
"This is not the first time that an amendment is being proposed to the Gurdwara Act. Even BJP government in 1993-98 proposed amendments. The proposal for direct election will only bring in transparency in election process and end the mudslinging between various factions that keep alleging the big role of money power in election. We have no intention to delay the elections," the minister said.
That the mudslinging is set to get worse came through in Lovely's remarks when, taking a dig at Badal, he told TOI, "He (Badal) must instead focus on more pressing issues like drug abuse among youth in Punjab."
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