Badal against setting up of Haryana gurdwara commission

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said the recent move to form Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Judicial Commission is a "wrong step" as the matter of a separate committee for the state is pending in the Supreme Court.
Badal alleged that the Haryana's Bhupinder Singh government was meddling into the Sikh religious affairs.
On the second day of his tour in Talwandi Sabo Assembly Constituency, the Chief Minister said the issue of separate committee was under judicial consideration in the apex court and "any move to form Haryana Sikh Judicial Commission will not only be legally incorrect but also ethically wrong".

Holding Congress "responsible for hatching a conspiracy", Badal said that while the matter was pending in court, it was "illegal to form the judicial commission and appoint its office bearers".
Badal said Hooda was taking wrong step at the "behest" of Congress high command to divide the Sikh community.
"The Hooda government was supporting the faction which is seeking the separate committee. Sikhs of Haryana have already rejected them by giving a crushing defeat in the general elections of Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC)," Badal said.
The Chief Minister reiterated that SGPC represents Sikhs whose foundation has been laid on the sacrifices of thousands of martyrs.