The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) on Saturday got a new president — Kirpal Singh Badungar. He replaced Avtar Singh Makkar whose one-year term ended.
Badungar’s name was proposed by the Punjab Cabinet Minister Tota Singh and seconded by former SGPC President Bibi Jagir Kaur during the general house meeting of the SGPC.
The meeting elected Baldev Singh Kiampuri from Haryana as senior vice-president, Baba Buta Singh as junior vice-president and Amarjit Singh Chawla as General Secretary.
Badungar was elected as president of the Sikh body for the second time. He had earlier served as the SGPC chief in 2001.
The election of the office-bearers took place amid the chanting of religious slogans ‘Bole-so-Nihal Satsri Akal’ in the Teja Singh Samundari Hall.
There are 190 members in the General House as 170 are elected, 15 are nominated and the five Takht heads are permanent members.
Five Takht heads, who are permanent members, don’t have voting rights.