The Punjab Assembly on Tuesday passed the Sikh Gurdwara (Amendment) Bill, passed, the object of which is to transmit and broadcast ‘Gurbani’ from the Golden Temple free of cost to all without any tender. In the Legislative Assembly Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann introduced this bill. At the same time, this bill has been opposed by SGPC chief Harjinder Singh Dhami and Shiromani Akali Dal leaders who said that the state government does not have the right to bring such a bill. , Earlier, Congress MLAs staged a walkout from the assembly regarding their demands. Party leaders have also said that the state government cannot bring a bill to amend the Sikh Gurdwara Act.

Holy Gurbani should not be commercialized in any way – Bhagwant Mann ) According to a Punjab government release issued on Monday, Bhagwant Mann said that the move is aimed at ensuring that holy Gurbani is not commercialized in any way. The Chief Minister said that this Act would be called the Sikh Gurdwara (Amendment) Act, and shall come into force from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. He said that the Sikh Gurdwara Act, 750 Section in 71 Section after 87-e will be cast for free live telecast of Gurbani.

Gurbani will be broadcast free of cost Bhagwant Mann said that the Act states that it shall be the duty of the Board to provide uninterrupted (without any on-screen advertisements/advertisements/distractions) live feed (audio or audio) of the teachings of the Gurus. Simultaneously make and publicize the video. The Holy Gurbani of Sri Harmandir Sahib is available free of cost to all media houses, outlets, platforms, channels, whoever wishes to broadcast it.

Mann expresses surprise at SGPC’s stand The Chief Minister further said that as a humble and devout Sikh, he is in favor of free-to-air broadcast of Gurbani across the world. Bhagwant Mann wondered how this was an attack on the Panth “as they were just opposing the control of a particular channel on the broadcast of Gurbani, which is totally unfair and unjustified”.

To spread the message of Gurbani all over the world- Mann He said that the aim of this step is not to give authority to any particular channel of the government or any one person but its aim is to spread the message of Gurbani across the world. The chief minister asserted that the state government was fully competent to amend the act as the apex court had already ruled through a judgment that the act was not an inter-state act. He said that for long the affairs of SGPC were dominated by one family, due to which irreparable damage has been done to the Sikh Panth.

People want to hear the Gurbani of Sri Harmandir Sahib, so the step was taken

The Chief Minister said that since people wanted to listen to the Gurbani of Shri Harmandir Sahib, they had to subscribe to this channel. According to the release, Bhagwant Mann said that the act “is not an attack on the creed, rather it is a humble attempt to ensure free transmission of the holy Gurbani across the world”

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Tue, Jun 20, 2023, 7: 26 PM IST