Didar Singh Nalvi, general secretary of the HSGPC, said talks were welcome, but the two sides must arrive at some conclusion by November 20 or else tension could brew again.
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said confrontation never solved any problem, but peaceful talks could. “The Haryana government has already constituted a committee headed by Agriculture Minister H.S. Chatha to seek the opinion of Sikhs of Haryana regarding formation of a separate SGPC for the state. The report of the committee is still awaited. Any decision in this regard will be taken on the basis of the aspirations of the Sikhs of Haryana,’’ said Hooda.