2023-11-09 08:23:04
SAD candidate Harjinder Singh Dhami scored a hat-trick as he was elected SGPC president for a third term for 2023-24 with a landslide victory over former “dissident” SAD MLA and SGPC member (Barnala) Balbir Singh Ghunus.
A total of 137 votes were cast today after Dhami’s proposal to complete the election process by raising hands was rejected. While Dhami got 118 votes, Ghunas got only 17 votes. Two votes were declared invalid. As many as 137 out of 151 members turned up to participate in the election process for the top post of the apex gurudwara body at the Teja Singh Samudri Hall in the Golden Temple complex.
During this, Harbhajan Singh Masana was elected senior vice president unopposed. Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa and Rajinder Singh Mehta were elected junior vice president and general secretary respectively.
The 11-member executive included Mohan Singh Bangi, Raghbir Singh Saharanmajra, Jasmer Singh Lachhru, Khushwinder Singh Bhatia, Hardeep Kaur Khokh, Indermohan Singh Lakhmirwala, Gurpreet Singh Jhabbar, Malkit Kaur Kamalpur, Amarjeet Singh Bhalaipur, Jaspal Kaur and Jaswant Singh Purain.
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