Karnal, Oct. 10 -- Days after several elected members of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (HSGMC) demanded the resignation of their president Jagdish Singh Jhinda, the panel chief on Thursday hit-out at them and said that they were upset after he stopped the misuse of public donations since taking over the post.

Jhinda, an elected member from Karnal's Assandh, was chosen to lead the body in May this year, months after a fractured mandate was delivered in the debut elections held in January.

This is for the first time that the president is facing heat from a section of members of the 49-member house and have been asked to resign on "moral grounds".

On Tuesday, as many as 17 HSGMC members decided to withdraw their support f...