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Tohra re-elected

AMRITSAR NOV. 20. Senior Akali leader Gurcharan Singh Tohra was today unanimously re-elected president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandhak Committee for the 27th time, making him the longest-serving chief of the religious body.

Mr. Tohra's name was proposed by the SGPC member, Jora Singh Mann, MP from Ferozepur, and seconded by the former SGPC chief, Bibi Jagir Kaur. Chairing the general house meeting of the SGPC, Mr. Tohra himself announced his election. While Alwinder Pal Singh Pakhoke, a close confidant of the former Cooperation Minister, Ranjit Singh Brahmpura, was unanimously elected the vice-president of the SGPC, Kewal Singh was elected as the junior vice-president.

PTI

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