SAD wins crucial election to DSGMC; clinches 27 of 46 seats

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Ahead of the Punjab assembly polls, the Shiromani Akali Dal on Wednesday won the crucial elections to the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC), clinching 27 out of the total 46 seats.

 Buoyed by the win, the third on the trot in the DSGMC elections, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal said it is the beginning of a “storm which will sweep the Congress and the AAP aside” in the Punjab assembly polls next year. DSGMC president and SAD leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa lost to Harvinder Singh Sarna of the Akali Dal (Delhi) in Punjabi Bagh by 469 votes.

However, he is likely to become the Sikh body’s president again as the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) nominated him as a member of the DSGMC on Wednesday evening. Manjit Singh GK-led Jago party won in three wards, while Akali Dali (Delhi) headed by Paramjit Singh Sarna got 14 seats, the Directorate of Gurdwara Elections said.

Independent candidate Tarvinder Singh Marwah won the Jangpura ward. SAD got 40.27 per cent of the total votes polled, Akali Dali (Delhi) 27.79 per cent and JAGO Party 15.72 per cent votes, according to data issued by the directorate. Addressing the media in Delhi, SAD president Badal said, “This is just the beginning of the storm which will sweep the Congress and the AAP aside in the 2022 Punjab assembly elections.”