GoM constituted to hold talks with SGPC on Prakash Purab celebrations, says Punjab CM

Rejecting Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee's charge that the Punjab government did not attend a coordination meeting on the 550th birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday said a Group of Ministers had been formed to talk to the apex gurdwara body.

Taking strong exception to SGPC's criticism against the state government for not attending the meeting on Friday, Amarinder Singh said cabinet ministers Charanjit Singh Channi, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and OP Soni were directed to discuss the modalities of the 'Prakash Purb' celebrations with the Parbandhak Committee.

The Friday meeting was presided over by the SGPC chief.

It was not the state government that did not show interest in holding a joint function as directed by Akal Takht Sahib (highest temporal seat), but the SGPC which had been "refusing" to join the state government in celebrating the historic occasion on a common platform, an official statement quoted the CM as ...