citiesUpdated: Feb 14, 2020 23:19 ISTAMRITSAR Punjab panchayats and rural development minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa on Friday handed over a memorandum to the Akal Takht acting jathedar, Giani Harpreet Singh, seeking his intervention to end the monopoly on the live telecast of Gurbani from the Golden Temple. Bajwa, who was leading a delegation, said Gurbani was not a commodity that could be traded, and the monopoly rights accorded by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to a single private television channel violated its basic tenets and teachings. Bajwa pointed out that a proposal to set up an SGPC channel was hanging fire for two decades, and should be expedited. He said this was followed up by him with a submission made to the Akal Takht jathedar on November 18. After the meeting, Bajwa said the acting jathedar claimed he was looking into the matter.

Source: Hindustan Times February 14, 2020 17:50 UTC