KIRPAL SINGH BADUNGAR UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED PRESIDENT OF..

KIRPAL SINGH BADUNGAR UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED PRESIDENT OF  SHIROMANI GURUDWARA PRABHANDAK COMMITTEE

Kirpal Singh Badungar was unanimously elected Shiromani Gurudwara Parbhandak Committee (SGPC) president on Saturday in the first meeting of the House elected in 2011. Badungar, however, is the only experienced hand in his team as all the newly appointed office-bearers in the in the 11-member executive committee and 15 members Dharam Parchar Committee are fresh faces.

This will be Badungar’s second stint as the SGPC president, the first being for a little less than two years and ending in July 2003.

By appointing Kirpal Singh Badungar as SGPC president, the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has made an attempt to tackle several challenges it faces ahead of the 2017 Assembly. SAD’s humble face is new SGPC president elections in Punjab.

Badungar, who belongs to the Backward Classes community, has served as SGPC president earlier too, from November 2001 to July 2003.