AMRITSAR, April 17 -- Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Wednesday accused the Centre of adopting a 'policy of delay' and urged the Supreme Court to direct the Union government to take an immediate decision on the commutation of the sentences of various Sikh prisoners, including Balwant Singh Rajoana, a death row convict in CM Beant Singh's assassination case.

Addressing the media after the executive committee meeting, gurdwara body chief Harjinder Singh Dhami said the SGPC has received a fresh message from Rajoana asking for the withdrawal of the petition.

"We condemn the policy of delay being adopted by the Centre in the matter of Rajoana and other Bandi Singhs (Sikh prisoners). It is discriminatory behaviour towards th...