Karnal, May 12 -- Four months after the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (HSGMC) witnessed its first election, nine members were co-opted into the body at a full house meeting in Panchkula on Sunday.

They are former Panipat mayor Bhupinder Singh (Backward Class), wife of former general secretary, Simranjeet Kaur (Sikh Women) from Karnal; former member Kartar Kaur (Sikh Women) from Kurukshetra; Sewa Singh (Scheduled Caste), and Baljit Singh (General Sikh Tenets) from Sirsa and Gurmail Singh (Registered Singh Sabha) from Fatehabad.

Three from Ambala include Balbir Singh (Scheduled Caste), Dilbag Singh (General Sikh Tenets) and Harinder Singh (Registered Singh Sabha).

Under the HSGMC Act, 2014, it is mandated to include two Sikh...