Amritsar, March 28 -- A high-level sub-committee of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Friday sought clarity from the Punjab government over the proposed "Punjab Prevention of Offences against Sacred Religious Scriptures Bill, 2025", saying recent statements by chief minister Bhagwant Mann have created confusion regarding its scope.

On March 21, the CM announced that the government will convene a special session of the Vidhan Sabha on April 13 to amend the "Jagt Jyot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar Act, 2008", and bring in a stricter law against sacrilege ('beadbi').

Meeting at its Chandigarh sub-office, the 15-member panel, chaired by Justice Mohinder Mohan Singh Bedi (retd), said the CM's remarks appeared to conflate t...