SGPC's April 6 meet to build consensus on sacrilege law
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 said, "The state government is bringing a law. It should not meet the same fate as similar laws framed in 2016 and 2018." Regarding other states, he said the central government should introduce amendments in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) to introduce stringent punishment over sacrilege cases, including capital punishment, as such cases have failed to reach a conclusive end only because of "toothless" laws.
Meanwhile, Shiromani Akali Dal (Punar Surjit) president Giani Harpreet Singh said that the Sikh community is angered over the "failure" of the successive governments in securing justice in sacrilege cases....
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