Fatehgarh Sahib: SGPC president Gobind Singh Longowal said today the religious body will
accord a warm welcome to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during
his visit to the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
He also demanded that there should be no imposition of Goods and Services Tax (GST) on 'langar' served in Gurudwaras.
Longowal
who was here to attend the annual convocation of SGPC run Baba Banda
Singh Bahadur Engineering College, said the SGPC had made elaborate
arrangements for Trudeau's visit.
The Punjab government is going
to celebrate the 550th anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev but the government
had not invited the SGPC so far to join the function, he said.
Guru Nanak Dev is the Guru of humanity and if an invitation comes, the SGPC will definitely participate, he said.
Asked
about state Congress president Sunil Jakhar's statement about GST on
'langar', Longowal said SGPC members were going to meet the Union
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
Langars should be freed from GST, he said.
PTI
