HSGMC and SGPC Members clash, lathicharged by Haryana Police

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Kurukshetra: A clash erupted on Wednesday between SGPC and HSGPC supporters who were trying to seize the Gurudwara. The police had to resort to lathicharge and ater cannons to disseminate the supporters who were armed with sword and baton.

According to reports, the supporters of HSGPC were gathered to attend a programme and later started marching towards Gurudwara. They broke the barricades which later turned into scuffle with police personnel.

Earlier, the Supreme Court refused to pass any order for maintaining status quo on SGPC row but agrees to hear the plea on Friday.

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On Sunday, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had taken strong exception to the move of Haryana government to allow setting up of a separate Sikh body to take over control of Gurudwaras in that state from Amritsar-based SGPC, and said it would not be tolerated. “Any such move by the modern-day Mahants at the behest of Congress will not be tolerated at any cost,” Badal had said.

He was referring to the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (HSGMC) leaders and supporters sitting on a dharna outside the Chhevin Patshahi Gurudwara in Kurukshetra, in their efforts for taking over control of Gurudwaras in Haryana in the wake of the State enacting a law for a separate body to manage the affairs of the shrines.

Speaking to reporters after attending a function to mark the death anniversary of late Bahujan Samaj Party leader Maan Singh Manhera at Kharar, near here, today, Badal said he is committed to “thwart the move of Congress government in Haryana to divide the Sikh community by constituting separate committee for management of Gurdwaras.”

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