From  the  editorial  of  The  Sikh  Bulletin  U. S. A.  
A recent Hukamnama issued by the Jathedar of Akal  Takhat sahib commands Sikhs not keep Sri Guru
Granth Sahib Ji if they have also built an alcohol bar in their homes. The reason explained for this directive is that having a bar at home is a disrespect to Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. While there should be no objection to
such a directive, I along with many other individuals feel curious to know why the Jathedar Sahib did not order the elimination of the alcohol bar rather than the removal of Sri Guru Granth  sahib Ji from their homes.  The Sikhs in the diaspora  cannot help but wonder what motivated issuance of such a pronouncement as it is not applicable to all  sections of the worldwide Sikh community.
This Hukamnama seems to be aimed at the Sikh diaspora especially in the English speaking countries in the western hemisphere and also at the financially well to do Sikhs in India. It appears the council of Singh Sahibs under the chairmanship of Akal Takhat Jathedar did not fully deliberate on this issue before making the pronouncement.
As far as the Sikh diaspora is concerned this type of hukamnama is unwise because it is not applicable here. For example a review of the retail liquor trade in California showed almost 80% of all liquor stores are owned and operated by Sikh immigrants from Punjab. These Sikh liquor business owners are also the presidents and members of Gurdwara management committees of almost all the Gurdwaras in California and elsewhere in the USA.
Smoking and touching tobacco is strictly forbidden for a Sikh, yet almost 100% specialized cigarette and tobacco retail stores are owned and operated by the Sikhs in this state. I wonder how this hukamnama will  be accepted by these Sikh liquor businessmen with whom the successive Jathedars have been visiting and maintain kowtow relationship.
Instead of issuing useless and unenforceable hukamnamas Singh Sahib Ji should be leading the campaign against the evils of alcohol freely being sold in the villages of Punjab with the approval and sometimes by the insistence of the Government through its excise department. Majority of the Sikhs in Punjab live in villages where alcoholic consumption per capita is the highest than any other state of India.
Many village Panchayats have been passing resolutions every year against opening Liquor vends in their respective villages which are rejected by the Akali/BJP Government. I reproduce here the following news as proof of the Punjab Government’s evil policy of boosting liquor tax revenue at the expense of the rural Sikh youths.
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As many as 57 village panchayats in Sangrur district passed resolutions this year against opening liquor vends at their respective villages in the financial year 2014-15. Recent rejection of similar resolutions by the excise department failed to deter the villagers from  passing these resolutions. In 2010-11, of the 72 resolutions passed by village panchayats against theopening of liquor vends in the state, 44 were passed in Sangrur district alone. As per the provisions of the Panchayati Raj Act, any Panchayat that does not want a liquor vend to be opened in its area has to pass a resolution in this regard by September 30, every year.