Retired Sikh IAS officer appointed new administrator of Takht Hazur Sahib Nanded
New Delhi, August 11
Following protests from the Sikh community, the Maharashtra government today appointed a Sikh Administrator for Takhat Sachkhand Shri Hazur Abchalnagar Sahib in Nanded, Maharashtra.
The Maharashtra government notified the name of Vijay Satbir Singh, a former IAS officer, as the new Administrator. The Sikh community had earlier protested the appointment of a non-Sikh (Abhijit Rajendra Raut, the collector of Nanded) as the administrator.
The gurdwara is one of the five high seats of authority of the Sikhs and was built between 1830 and 1839.
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नांदेड के तख्त सचखंड श्री हजूर अबचलनगर साहिब गुरुद्वारा बोर्ड पर सिख समाज कें व्यक्ती की नियुक्ती की जाए, इस माँग हेतू दिल्ली सिख गुरुद्वारा प्रबंधन कमिटी के एक प्रतिनिधी मंडल ने आज उपमुख्यमंत्री देवेंद्र फडणवीस इनसे मुंबई में मुलाकात की।
इस प्रतिनिधी मंडल में… pic.twitter.com/U1PRla287z— @OfficeOfDevendra (@Devendra_Office) August 11, 2023
Manjinder Singh Sirsa of the BJP today led a delegation to meet Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. He was accompanied by Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) president Harmeet Singh Kalka and general secretary Jagdip Singh Kahlon.
Sirsa told The Tribune over the phone that orders have been issued.
Earlier this week, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee’s (SGPC) executive committee had passed a resolution against the appointment of a non-Sikh as the administrator of Takht Sri Hazur Sahib.
In Delhi, Shiromani Akali Dal Delhi Unit president Paramjit Singh Sarna stated that appointment of a non-Sikh administrator was like playing with the “sentiments of the Sikh community and directly interfering in the internal affairs of the Sikhs.”
