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Amritsar, Throwing the ball in the court of President of India, the Dal Khalsa today sought then intervention of President Pranab Mukherjee seeking his intervention to ban the controversial film Nanak Shah Fakir.
The Shiromani Guyrdwara Parbandhak Cimmittee has also demanded ban on this filmas it violates the Sikh religious code of conduct und er which no living person can be portrayed as Guru or their immediate family members.
Party chief H S Dhami said the issue had the potential of enraging the Sikh community as was the case a few decades back.
The memo faxed to Rashtarpati Bhavan, recalled that then Nirankari chief Gurbachan Singh with the support of the centre, had challenged the basic tenets of Sikhism and defamed the Sikh religious system and beliefs. It was on this day in 1978, that 13 devout Sikhs were killed at the hands of armed Nirankaris, while they were protesting against their blasphemous propagation.
