SGPC to intensify signature campaign for Sikh prisoners’ release

The signature campaign of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee started to create a mass movement for the release of Bandi Singhs (Sikh prisoners), will now be intensified as the pracharak (preacher) groups will take this campaign to village level.

The signature campaign of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) started to create a mass movement for the release of Bandi Singhs (Sikh prisoners), will now be intensified as the pracharak (preacher) groups will take this campaign to village level. This signature campaign was started on December 1 last year, under which lakhs of proformas have been filled by people. Presently, the SGPC is getting the proformas demanding release of Sikh prisoners filled at about 90 centres in the historical Gurdwara Sahibs. The campaign will be taken to the village level besides educational institutions.

This signature campaign was started on December 1 last year, under which lakhs of proformas have been filled by people. (HT file photo)

SGPC general secretary Bhai Gurcharan Singh Grewal said that the devotees are enthusiastically participating in the signature campaign centers at Gurdwara Sahibs. He said the filled proformas along with a letter in the name of the President of India will be handed over to the Punjab governor.