Amritsar: Former Punjab minister and four times MLA Bhai Gobind Singh Longowal here on Tuesday re-elected as the 43rd President of Shiromani Gurdwara Pharbandhak Committee (SGPC) during its annual general house meeting held in the Teja Singh Samundari hall. He was elected president for the first time last year in 2017 .
Former SGPC president Bibi Jagir Kaur proposed the name of the Gobind Longowal which was passed unanimously. Jathedar Avtar Singh Makkar and Alvinderpal Singh Pakhoke seconded the name.No other name was proposed as the opposition group led by Sukhdev Singh
Whereas, Bhuar had announced to boycott the election.
List of new SGPC office bearers.
Bhai Gobind Singh Longowal re-elected as president, Gurbachan Singh Karmuwala as General Secretary, Raghujit Singh Virk- re-elected as senior vice president, Bikkar Singh Channu as Junior vice president
Following 7 members have been unanimously elected members of Executive :
Gurmeet Singh Tirlokwal, Jagjit Singh Talwandi , Bhai Manjit Singh , Bhupinder Singh Bhalwan, Bibi Jasjit Kaur , Jarnail Singh Kartarpur and Khushwinder Singh Bhatia.