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SGPC chief
excommunicated
Cant
go against Takht: Bibi Jagir Kaur |
AMRITSAR,
Jan 25 In a move without precedent in the
annals of Sikhism, Giani Puran Singh, Jathedar,
Akal Takht, excommu- nicated Bibi
Jagir Kaur, President SGPC from the Sikh Panth. |
A file
photo, dated March 16, 1999, shows Bibi Jagir
Kaur, the then newly elected SGPC President,
addressing SGPC members at the Golden Temple
complex in Amritsar. Giani Puran Singh, who was
then acting Jathedar of Akal Takht, can be seen
on the left.
A Tribune photo
Link to The
Tribune, March 17, 1999 |
SGPC
meeting today
AMRITSAR,
Jan 25 In the wake of the excommunication of Bibi
Jagir Kaur by the Akal Takht Jathedar, Giani Puran Singh,
an emergency meeting of the general house of the SGPC,
the Dharm Parchar Committee and five Sikh High Priests
has been convened here tomorrow.
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