Sehajdhari Sikh Federation
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SEHAJDHARI SIKH FEDERATION-SSF (A registered Political Party by the Election Commission of India)IS NOW KNOWN AS SEHAJDHARI SIKH PARTY(SSP).
This change has been implemented in light of the decisions of the National Executive Council and the General House of the Party as intimated to the Election Commission on 29 March 2011 because the word 'Federation' remains concised to a simple Organization and gave a low milage during propagation of the Party in the elections.
Sehajdhari Sikh Federation is a political party
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 registered under section 29(A) of the Representation of the People Act 1951 by the Election Commission of India
Election Commission of India
The Election Commission of India is an autonomous, quasi-judiciary constitutional body of India. Its mission is to conduct free and fair elections in India...

. It is the World's First Sikh Organisation representating the Sehajdhari Sikhs (Non-Baptised Sikhs) in the world. Dr.Paramjeet Singh Ranu is the founder National President of the Party.

Mission

To spread the teachings and principles of Guru Nanak Dev Ji and all ten Gurus with the preachings of Shri Guru Granth Sahib to spread the Message of Peace world wide. To prevent the fascist forces to divide the religion or the nation on caste basis.
For more information click here : http://www.sehajdharisikh.in/

History

Sehajdhari Sikh Federation was formed on 13 April 2001 by holding Ardas at Gurudwara Tahliana Sahib Raekot by certain likeminded secular persons especially those Sikhs who were born in Sikh families, when resolutions were passed by SGPC to disfranchise the voting right of Sehajdhari Sikhs in SGPC elections. Firstly the organization was registered under the Society Act at Ludhiana and then on November 4, 2001, the Federation held a large congregation of thousands of Sehajdhari Sikhs before Shri Akal Takht Sahib at Amritsar
Amritsar
Amritsar is a city in the northern part of India and is the administrative headquarters of Amritsar district in the state of Punjab, India. The 2001 Indian census reported the population of the city to be over 1,500,000, with that of the entire district numbering 3,695,077...

 and held Ardas by turning the Sehajdhari Sikh Federation into a political out fit and named it as Sehajdhari Shiromani Akali Dal
Shiromani Akali Dal
The Shiromani Akali Dal , translation: Supreme Akali Party) is a Sikh nationalist political parties based in Punjab. The current party to be recognized by the Election Commission of India is the one led by Parkash Singh Badal...

 SSAD. Later an application was filed with the Election Commission of India for getting the organization registered as a Political Party under section 29(A) of the Representation of the People Act 1951. The Akali Dals in Punjab opposed the name “Sehajdhari Shiromani Akali Dal” and the Election Commission directed to change the words ‘Shiromani’ and ‘Akali’ from the title. As the word ‘AKALI’ means ‘KHALSA’(Amritdhari) and Sehajdharis are not Khalsa hence the old name was selected by the National Council of the Organisation and the Election Commission of India registered the name of “Sehajdhari Sikh Federation” as a Political Party under section 29(A) of the Representation of People Act 1951.

The Party is contesting legal battle in the Punjab & Haryana
Haryana
Haryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...

High Court for the voting right of Sehajdhari Sikhs in the SGPC elections which was existing since 1959 and was disfrenchised in 2003.
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