Amritsar (Punjab) [India], November 8 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) candidate Harjinder Singh Dhami was re-elected as the president of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Wednesday after winning the annual polls of the gurudwara body for the third time in a row.

Dhami, an advocate, garnered 118 votes out of a total of 137 votes while his rival Balbir Singh Ghunas got only 17 votes in the polls. Two votes were rejected.

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Dhami was previously elected as president of SGPC in the years 2021 and 2022.

The elections for the SGPC were held on Wednesday at its headquarters in Amritsar here.

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Last year, Dhami defeated three-time president Jagir Kaur, who was also the first woman to be elected as the SGPC president. (ANI)

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