What does MGC do? Who is Jagir Singh?

| Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 5 Aug 2016 | Asia Samachar |

Malaysian Gurdwaras Council (MGC) is in the eye of a storm in the on-going debate on Dasam Granth issue.

Some quarters have hurled brick-bats against the umbrella body of 108 gurdwaras in Malaysia. Jagir Singh, its current president, has not been spared.

What is MGC? What do they do? Have they been sitting idle all these while? Or have they been striving hard for the community?

Just before MGC’s annual general meeting in November 2015, Asia Samachar met up with Jagir to find out more about the organisation. We had then run a series of articles.

Here, we share one of the articlea and a two-part interview with Jagir that we believe would give readers some insight into the council. Be prepared for a long read. In total, they run close to 5,600 words.

ARTICLE

MGC passionately protects religious rights of Sikhs, others in Malaysia (Asia Samachar, 19 Nov 2015)

INTERVIEW – PART 1
MGC passionately protects religious rights of Sikhs, others in Malaysia (Asia Samachar, 19 Nov 2015)

INTERVIEW – PART 2
JAGIR: Without guidance, all gurdwaras would be on their own (Asia Samachar, 20 Nov 2015)

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