SSJ becomes the Head Granthi!

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Singh Sahib Bhai Gurbachan Singh Jee has become the Head Granthi of Saachkhand Shiri Darbaar Sahib. This is the beginning of great things to come for the panth. I am confident that Singh Sahib Jee will do everything in accordance with gurmat and khalsayee traditions when he becomes the Jatehdar, hopefully soon. He is one of the rare few that maintain amritvela and strict rahet. There are many other qualities that this gurmukh possesses. I couldn’t find a recent article but a singh sent me this a few days ago:

Giani Puran Singh may be relieved as
Head Granthi today
Tribune News Service

Amritsar, January 13
Giani Puran Singh, bete noire of SGPC chief Bibi Jagir Kaur, is likely to be relieved from the post of the Head Granthi of the Golden Temple tomorrow. Giani Gurbachan Singh, priest of the Golden Temple, will succeed him.

The decision to relieve Giani Puran Singh would rake up yet another controversy as the extension of his term was approved by Mr Alwinderpal Singh Pakhoke, the then acting SGPC chief, without approval from the executive.

It was Giani Puran Singh who had excommunicated Bibi Jagir Kaur from the Sikh panth through a controversial edict in his capacity as the Jathedar of Akal Takht in 2000.

Though a strong group of Akali faction of the Majha region had lobbied hard to get extension for Giani Puran Singh, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, SAD chief, has reportedly told them that the SGPC chief was free to take any decision.

Though Bibi Jagir Kaur succeeded in getting Giani Puran Singh sacked as the Jathedar of Akal Takht in 2000, her successor, Mr Jagdev Singh Talwandi, had appointed him as the Head Granthi of the Golden Temple.

However, Giani Puran Singh had never attended any meeting of the Sikh clergy, which is mandatory for the Head Granthi of the Golden Temple. Though Akal Takht had announced that the Sikh were separate community, Giani Puran Singh had announced that they were descendants of Luv and Kush.

It is learnt that Bibi Jagir Kaur had told Mr Badal that Giani Puran Singh was accused of violating the ‘Sikh code of conduct’. Earlier, he had refused to accept the Nanakshahi Calendar approved by the SGPC.

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