Chandigarh, March 31 -- The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Monday announced that it would convene a meeting of Sikh organisations on April 6 to build a unified panthic consensus in connection with the Punjab government's plan to amend Jagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar Act, 2008, for stricter punishment for sacrilege at a special assembly session on April 13.

The meeting is to be organised at the SGPC headquarters - Teja Singh Samundri Hall - at the Golden Temple complex, said SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami after a meeting of the executive committee.

Addressing a press conference, Dhami emphasised the need for a collective panthic opinion. "The state government is bringing a law. It should not meet the same ...