“Manjinder Singh Sirsa not eligible to be co-opted into DSGMC, says Directorate of Gurdwara Election”
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Manjinder Singh Sirsa not eligible to be co-opted into DSGMC, says Directorate of Gurdwara Election
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“The undersigned is constrained to deduce that Manjinder Singh Sirsa is not well-versed with the reading and writing of Gurmukhi and, therefore, does not qualify the eligibility conditions as laid down in Section 10 of the DSGMC Act,” says the order issued on Tuesday of director, gurdwara election, Narinder Singh”.HT: https://www.hindustantimes.
Narinder Singh, the Director of the Directorate of Gurdwara Elections has declared that Sirsa does not meet the eligibility as he could not establish his proficiency in writing and reading Gurmukhi (the script of the Punjabi language).
“Manjinder Singh Sirsa is not well-versed with reading and writing of Gurmukhi,” said the order.
The order went on to say “it has been decided that Manjinder Singh Sirsa is not qualified under Section 10 of the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Act, 1971, to be chosen a Co-opted member of the DSGMC, as a nominee of the SGPC, Amritsar”.
The orders ask the SGPC to nominate a new person.
Sirsa submitted a copy of his BA Honours Punjabi degree from Sri Teg Bahadur Khalsa College, Delhi University, which he did from 1990 to 1993.
He also submitted a certificate issued by the Principal of Sukho Khalsa Sr Secondary School, Jail Road Janakpuri, New Delhi, which said that Manjinder Singh Sirsa had recited Gurbani in Gurmukhi and had also written Gurmukhi script before the Principal.
Both his claims were rejected by the Directorate.
Sirsa was asked to write an application in Gurmukhi, which the orders said, “had 27 errors”. Further, the order said Sirsa “was not able to properly recite (a verse from Gurbani), with proficiency and accuracy”. Manjinder Sirsa not eligible to be co-opted into DSGMC, says Directorate of Gurdwara Election: Reported By: Ajay Banerjee: Tribune News Service; Chandigarh:
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“Manjinder Singh Sirsa not eligible to be co-opted into DSGMC, says Directorate of Gurdwara Election”