Jalandhar: The outgoing Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee chairman has been objected to by the Director of Gurdwara Elections of Delhi. Manjinder Singh Sirsa being elected as a co-opted member of DSGMC As Nominee of SGPC.
Delhi Gurdwara Election Director Narinder Singh said on Tuesday that Sirsa is not proficient in reading and writing. Gurmukhi and therefore does not fulfill the eligibility condition prescribed under the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Act, 1971.
The Delhi High Court, in an order dated September 15, asked the Director of Delhi Gurdwara Elections to take a decision on the representation of the petitioners on September 9, 2021, in so far as it is concerned, after they held Sirsa in Gurmukhi. Efficiency was tested.” Membership prescribed under section 10 of the Act.” The petition in the High Court was filed by SAD (Delhi) and newly elected DSGMC member Harvinder Singh Sarna, who defeated Sirsa in the DSGMC election, but was subsequently nominated to the body immediately by the SGPC. Sarna then filed an objection with the Director, Gurdwara Elections about the co-option of Sirsa, Sirsa submitted a certificate from a school and a college run by the DSGMC in Delhi, that he had studied there as a subject. I studied Punjabi.
‘Not eligible to be associated with DSGMC’
Failed skill test in Sirsa Gurmukhi
However, the director decided to test his proficiency through reading and writing tests.
When asked to recite Gurmukhi from Aang (page) 1358 Sri Guru Granth SahibManjinder Singh Sirsa was not able to read it properly with proficiency and accuracy. Secondly, when Sirsa was given dictation from Sri Guru Granth Sahib, he flatly refused to write Gurmukhi saying that the language is too difficult,” according to the order.
The outgoing DSGMC president then wrote an application in Gurmukhi on the spot, without saying in any language that he was willing to write Gurmukhi from a source other than the Sri Guru Granth Sahib.
“The irony is that the said letter written by Sirsa in Gurmukhi in his choice of words contains 27 errors out of 46 words which is indicative of his meager knowledge of Gurmukhi. Sirsa may be able to write a few words in Punjabi, but the spirit of the act depends heavily on the text of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib and the writing of Gurmukhi, where he has failed miserably,” the director of Gurdwara Elections wrote in his order. Is.
Delhi Gurdwara Election Director Narinder Singh said on Tuesday that Sirsa is not proficient in reading and writing. Gurmukhi and therefore does not fulfill the eligibility condition prescribed under the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Act, 1971.
The Delhi High Court, in an order dated September 15, asked the Director of Delhi Gurdwara Elections to take a decision on the representation of the petitioners on September 9, 2021, in so far as it is concerned, after they held Sirsa in Gurmukhi. Efficiency was tested.” Membership prescribed under section 10 of the Act.” The petition in the High Court was filed by SAD (Delhi) and newly elected DSGMC member Harvinder Singh Sarna, who defeated Sirsa in the DSGMC election, but was subsequently nominated to the body immediately by the SGPC. Sarna then filed an objection with the Director, Gurdwara Elections about the co-option of Sirsa, Sirsa submitted a certificate from a school and a college run by the DSGMC in Delhi, that he had studied there as a subject. I studied Punjabi.
‘Not eligible to be associated with DSGMC’
Failed skill test in Sirsa Gurmukhi
However, the director decided to test his proficiency through reading and writing tests.
When asked to recite Gurmukhi from Aang (page) 1358 Sri Guru Granth SahibManjinder Singh Sirsa was not able to read it properly with proficiency and accuracy. Secondly, when Sirsa was given dictation from Sri Guru Granth Sahib, he flatly refused to write Gurmukhi saying that the language is too difficult,” according to the order.
The outgoing DSGMC president then wrote an application in Gurmukhi on the spot, without saying in any language that he was willing to write Gurmukhi from a source other than the Sri Guru Granth Sahib.
“The irony is that the said letter written by Sirsa in Gurmukhi in his choice of words contains 27 errors out of 46 words which is indicative of his meager knowledge of Gurmukhi. Sirsa may be able to write a few words in Punjabi, but the spirit of the act depends heavily on the text of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib and the writing of Gurmukhi, where he has failed miserably,” the director of Gurdwara Elections wrote in his order. Is.
.