Driving Naari Programme launched in Chandigarh
Hoshiarpur- Dal Khalsa and Akali Dal (Panch Pardhani) today termed the constitution of the committee by Jathedars to look into the pre-scripted drama to exonerate Dera sacha Sauda chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh as a diversionary tactic to defuse anger and confuse the awakened Sikhs in their principled fight against faulty decisions by those occupying the highest offices of community.
Dal Khalsa chief H S Dhami and his Akali Dal (Panch Pardhani) counterpart Kulbeer Singh Barapind gave a clarion call to Sikh Diaspora to give befitting Panthic response to religio-political leadership running the affairs of Akali Dal, SGPC and Akal Takht.
“What’s the utility of constituting the committee after issuing clean chit to head of heretical cult for his sacrilegious act? What relevance would the committee hold when large section of Sikhs have already rejected the so-called Pardon decision?” they wondered.
They took a dig at Akali leadership for offering hollow and vague reasoning in pardoning Gurmit Ram Rahim. “It’s being argued that for the sake of peace and harmony in the region, it was necessary to end the lingering animosity between Sikhs and Sirsa dera”.
The heavy security cover provided to Takht Jathedars itself negates the theory of peace and harmony being propagated to justify the pardon decision. The only difference was that earlier the Sikh anger was targeted towards the Sirsa dera and now with a design it has been redirected towards Jathedars.
On Gurmeet Ram Rahim stating that he was willing to visit Golden Temple for peace, they said Darbar Sahib is the only religious shrine where anyone can visit to pay obeisance irrespective of religion, caste and creed. In this context, his offer (to visit Golden Temple) holds no water, said they. “He must come at Akal Takht in person, and tender apology in clear words for his blasphemous act and pledge not to repeat the same in future”, they added.
Slamming the media for projecting the pardon row in a wrong way, they said “Going by the media reports, it’s made to understand that only hardliners are opposing the Takht decision, leaving the impression as if moderates were in favour. To drive their point home, they named Joginder Singh Vedanti , Gaini Kewal Singh, Bhai Panthpreet Singh, Bibi Kiranjot Kaur and others who were well-known personalities with moderate thoughts and have opposed the decision vocally and boldly. Right from moderates to hardliners, all Sikhs are unanimous that this decision is nothing but fraud on the community played by politicians only to further their electoral benefits”, they concluded.
