Harcharan, Ranjeet elected unopposed to lead Malaysian Sikh Union

By Asia Samachar Team | MALAYSIA |

Security firm operator Harcharan Singh and electrical engineer-cum-businessman Ranjeet Singh Bhullar were elected unopposed as the top two leaders of the Malaysian Sikh Union (MSU) at its 34th annual delegates conference in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday (15 Dec 2018).

Harcharan was elected as MSU national president and Ranjeet as the national deputy president.

The meeting was attended by representatives from its seven state branches.

“This year is a special year as an important amendments to the Constitution have been made to allow for capable members to hold executive positions in the organisation without much hassle,” Harcharan said in a statement released to Asia Samachar.

He said MSU expects memberships to increase as approvals for members can now be done at the branch levels and is also in the process of reviving its branches in Penang and Malacca.

MSU elects a national president and national deputy president who then appoint the rest of the executive committee which will serve for two years.

The national organisation comprising of 10 council members from different state branches meets 3-4 times per year to oversee activities of the individual branches and arrange meaningful fellowships.

Ranjeet, who hails from Johor, said MSU Johor has made some sterling efforts, including providing welfare aid of RM300 per month to 10-13 families for almost 14years consecutively.

Among the activities carried out in 2018 were a family retreat of members to Frasier Hill and Langkawi and visitations to Sikh inmates serving time in Sungai Buloh and Kajang prisons (arranged by the Selangor/ FT branch).

Harcharan said the organisation plans to move into the e-data world by engaging the services of a web master to digitise membership records and activities on its website.

“This will make reporting of the organisation’s activities to the Government much easier and also create transparency in membership status to all members,” he said.

He said the national body secretariat will commence issuing membership cards to all its life members.