AMRITSAR: The venue of meeting to be held on August 11 for the revival of the Shiromani Akali Dal has been shifted to Burj Akali Baba Phula Singh.
Today, the senior Akali leaders of the Shiromani Akali Dal, who were reviewing the arrangements at Bhai Gurdas Hall, were surprised when the Manager of Sri Darbar Sahib, Mr. Bhagwant Singh Dhangera, gave an order that the illumination of Sri Guru Granth Sahib will not be allowed during the Shiromani Akali Dal delegate meeting being held at Bhai Gurdas Hall.
When Bhai Jasbir Singh Ghuman asked the reason, Manager Bhagwant Singh Dhangera said that I have orders from above to not illuminate it. In this regard, I tried to contact the President of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami, but he did not pick up the phone even after repeated calls. When I called the Chief Secretary in this regard, he expressed ignorance about it.
Bhai Ghuman condemned all this incident and said that during the Guru Kaal, the Guru Sikh from whom the Bani of Sahib Sri Guru Pancham Patshah was asked to write the Bani of Sahib Sri Guru Granth Sahib was not allowed to perform the Parkash of Guru Granth Sahib today in the hall built in his name. Manager Dhangera replied that since Badal Dal did not perform the Parkash, you cannot be allowed to perform the Parkash either. Satwant Kaur, a member of the five-member committee, rejected the idea of holding a meeting without the presence of Guru Sahib and strongly condemned it.
On the orders of the recruitment committee, Bhai Ghuman said that as an alternative arrangement, the Jatha including me, Raghbir Singh Rajasansi and Balwinder Singh Jaura Singha have been made at Burj Akali Baba Phula Singh.
He has appealed to all the delegates to kindly reach Burj Akali Baba Phula Singh at 11 am on 11 August 2025.