Amritsar – Harjinder Singh Dhami was on Wednesday re-elected president of the SGPC. Out of the 146 votes polled by SGPC members, Dhami got 104 while Bibi Jagir Kaur, who was on Monday expelled by the SAD after she refused to back down from her decision of contesting the poll, secured 42 votes in a keenly watched contest.
SGPC annual election 2022: Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami elected SGPC president with 104 votes. Details of votes cast:
Election of SGPC President
Total votes polled – 146
Harjinder Singh Dhami – 104
Bibi Jagir Kaur – 42 https://t.co/COT12W0K7Q pic.twitter.com/7q5GkT11Kf— Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) (@SGPCAmritsar) November 9, 2022
Baldev Singh Kaimpuri was unanimously elected senior vice president as no one contested against him.
ਸ਼੍ਰੋਮਣੀ ਕਮੇਟੀ ਜਨਰਲ ਇਜਲਾਜ ਦੌਰਾਨ ਹੋਈ ਚੋਣ ਵਿੱਚ ਐਡਵੋਕੇਟ ਹਰਜਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਧਾਮੀ 104 ਵੋਟਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ ਚੁਣੇ ਗਏ। ਪਈਆਂ ਵੋਟਾਂ ਦਾ ਵੇਰਵਾ:
ਕੁਲ ਪਈਆਂ ਵੋਟਾਂ – 146
ਐਡਵੋਕੇਟ ਹਰਜਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਧਾਮੀ – 104
ਬੀਬੀ ਜਗੀਰ ਕੌਰ – 42 pic.twitter.com/13NYJxyfjk— Harbhajan Singh Vakta (@HS_Vakta) November 9, 2022
Avtar Singh Fatehgarh was unanimously elected junior vice president. Gurcharan Singh Garewal was unanimously elected general secretary.
Out of 157 members, 146 had turned up to participate in the election process of SGPC, the Mini Parliament of Sikhs -at Teja Singh Samundri Hall in Golden Temple complex today.
In the 11-member executive body, three members from Opposition party will be inducted. This implies that these three members would participate in every decision and move taken by the SGPC.
After the results were declared, Kaur dared Sukhbir Singh Badal to resign from the post of Akali Dal president.
“Akali Dal leaders had claimed that they would resign if I secured more than 25 votes. I secured 42. Now Sukhbir Badal should resign. I have come out of the SGPC House by calling out the traitors of the Khalsa panth. Such traitors of panth will be ousted,” Jagir Kaur said.
Jagir Kaur, a three-time SGPC chief further termed the the poll result as “my victory”. “I have taught them how to contest election. Sukhbir Badal had to camp here to defeat me. They even threatened SGPC members and warned them against voting for me”.