Fed up by the Haryana government’s alleged inaction on their demand, Haryana SGPC has shot off a letter in the form of a “save-our-soul petition” to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, urging her to look into the matter immediately for the creation of a separate SGPC for Haryana. The letter has been signed by Didar Singh Nalvi, general secretary; member, SGPC, Jagdish Singh Jhinda, and other executive members of the committee.

The letter has reminded Sonia Gandhi of the meeting of Haryana SGPC members with her in March, 2007, on the issue. The Haryana Congress had even promised in the party’s election manifesto to create a separate SGPC, but has not been able to fulfill its promise so far, said the letter.

The letter further adds that after almost three years of the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government coming to power in the state, the report of the H.S. Chatha Committee has not been submitted to the government. For the past one year, Chatha has been assuring to present the report without actually fulfilling his promise, alleged the letter.

Agriculture Minister H.S. Chatha reiterated his promise a couple of days back that the report of the committee was almost ready and would be submitted to the state government before the next budget session of the state assembly.

Earlier the Chatha Committee had sought affidavits from those members of the Sikh community who were domicile holders of Haryana. In response, the committee had received thousands of affidavits, recommending setting up of a separate gurdwara parbandhak committee for Haryana.