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Happy Gurpurab to all Sikh brothers NANAK NAAM JAHAAJ HAI CHADE SO UTTRE PAAR JO SHARDHA KARE SEVDE GUR PAAR, UTAARAN HAAR GUR PAAR, UTAARAN HAAR

Hindu, Sikhs are united and we will fight all those who try to disrupt peace in Punjab

Rofl. Khalistan= Khali (Blank)+ space!

http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/congress-anti-national-party-should-be-derecognised-for-encouraging-secessionists-sukhbir-badal/ Congress ‘anti-national’, party should be ‘derecognised’ for encouraging secessionists: Sukhbir Badal Badal alleged that under Rahul Gandhi's leadership Congress was trying to create the same environment in Punjab that it suffered during the years of militancy. Comments (47) By: PTI | New Delhi | Updated: November 21, 2015 5:05 pm Punjab Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal addressing a press conference. (Source: Twitter/ANI)Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday accused Congress of fomenting trouble in Punjab by encouraging secessionist forces. Addressing a press conference, Badal alleged that Congress leaders shared stage with radical and separatist elements at a recent gathering in Amritsar, where demand for Khalistan was raked up. Badal, who is the chief of Punjab’s ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal), also met President Pranab Mukherjee and demanded that action should be taken against Congress and the party should be “derecognised”. Read: Amarinder Singh rejects Sukhbir’s charges on Congress being ‘anti-national’ He alleged that under Rahul Gandhi’s leadership Congress was trying to create the same environment in Punjab that it suffered during the years of militancy. He said that his government had also written to the Home Ministry regarding the developments in the state. The role of Congress, he claimed, “had been exposed” as its leaders had attended the gathering in Amritsar on November 10 where “the major demand was for a separate state of Khalistan”. “Congress is showing its true colours as a true anti-national party in Punjab. Groups which were demanding Khalistan held a rally in Amritsar, Congress leaders shared stage with them,” said Sukhbir Badal. Referring to the ‘Sarbat Khalsa’ or Sikh religious congregation, he said they appointed the convict in Beant Singh assassination case as ‘jathedar’ or chief priest. He alleged that videos on social media show Congress leaders directing separatists about what to say and that they have provided other support for the gathering. Badal also claimed that one of the Congress leaders present Ramanjit Singh Sikki is known to be close to former CM and Congress leader Amarinder Singh. He said Congress leader Inderjit Singh Zira was also present. “The Congress is trying to distance itself from the congregation. If they were not part of it, why have they taken no action against Congress leaders who were on stage and provided support,” Badal asked. Rahul Gandhi, he further alleged, went to Punjab and encouraged radical elements at a time when Pakistan’s ISI is already on the lookout to foment trouble in the state and demanded action against the Congress. The President, Badal told reporters, had assured him that the matter will be looked into. At the press conference, Badal was asked that law and order is a state subject, so why a press conference in Delhi was needed. He replied that the state government had acted and more arrests are on the way but added that there was a need to tell the nation about the “role Congress is playing”. He was also asked about the demand of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal about release of certain Sikh extremists from jail. The Punjab Deputy Chief Minister replied that they had sought release of only those people who have served the sentences awarded to them as per law. (With ANI inputs)

I gave you examples of BJP/NDA ruled states who are doing better than Punjab. We can always replace govt and choose those who work for masses irrespective of their religious affiliation. Hindu and Sikhs have converging Interests in India. Sikhs have more stakes in India than Hindus. Look at 2 % Sikhs representing India 10%. It's almost 4-5 times more than per unit population. (2 % of Indian population is Sikhs but they are 14% in Indian military, 5+% in Foreign service, 7-8 % in bureaucracy.6-7% business and industries.) We have enough educated leaders from Hindu and Sikh community who can work for welfare for our nation. Sadly, religious party like Akali have grabbed powers and BJP have to appease them as Akali always keep the pot boiling and there is paraonia for re-emergence of 1980's situation in Punjab, Sikh living abroad with slogans like Sikh 2020; Sikh for justice for working with Pakistan further support status quo in Punjab. Sikh should understand that religious polarization in punjab means more votes for Akali. How does it solve the purpose?? in reality, Hindus and Sikhs have integrated. Rarely you can find a Hindu disrespecting Sikhism and contribution of sikh in Indian society. IF you ask an average Sikh in india then they say that they get more than fair deal in India than any other community. I have respect for Technocrat like ex PM Manmohan singh but he was puppet in hands of Sonia. It was so humiliating for us to have a honorable respectable PM controlled by a wicked lady. Most Hindus Right wing on social media raised alarms at declining sikh population which shows the acceptability of Sikhism in minds and heart of India. Sikhs who live abroad despise India for not punishing those involved in Sikh massacre. But we all have to understand the problems with Indian judicial system. The congressis own judiciary and parts of bureaucracy. Modi govt can rub his nose but he cant implicate any congressi leaders bcoz most of the proofs are obliterated. Indian judiciary will end up relieving those rioters of their carnage. Such banana justice will be used by congress to say that they had no hand in 1984 massacre. Last thing is what we want those traitors to declare victory boz of loop holes in our archaic law. Congressi like Jagdish tytler were christian converts. Most of hindus in congress are nameshake hindus. They have named us with Hindu taliban, Hindu terrorism but they possess no guts to call the true Islamic terrorism as the one. That's why we feel that Hindus and Sikhs should work together. We will benefit the most if we cleanse all dynasty from politics. Future politicians will come from the masses who will be technocrats, self made personalities.

Young officers are trimming their beard.

Majority of Punjabi Sikhs dont want Khalistan. Religion is used by crooked leader to hide behind their failures. Akali dal, BJP have habit of misusing religion. By the numbers, Akali BJP alliance is the worst state govt among BJP ruled states (Maharahstra is doing very good under fadnavis, Jharkhand is seeing some changes . Rajasthan, MP have improved, Gujarat was always good, C'garh is fine despite naxal problem, Harayana is city state.) Punjab is run by the family. BJP have no chance but to support akali. Akali are safest choice to handle any Khalistani separatism which are being stroked by some delusional Sikhs who are being propped up by Pakistani handlers! Akali govt is big nautanki. I am still confused about this beadbi episode. Some say that It was stroked by AAP, Congress. Some blame Akali while agency are looking for Pak hand. At present Modi is the only BJP leader after vajpaye who is extremely dedicated to motherland. He believes in India first. So there is no discrimination among any state. Bad law & order situation is affecting FDI in Punjab. Punjab needs industries, jobs, modern cultivation technology, FDI, education, law & order, end of drugs culture. No religious govt can fix these problems. 2 % of Indian population is Sikhs but they are 14% in Indian military, 5+% in Foreign service, 7-8 % in bureaucracy.6-7% business and industries. why do we want to mix state with religion. We should learn from Israel which is a democratic secular country but promotes native religion. Similarly, we should only promote Indic religions in our country which are compatible with our values, Rise of Abraham faith especially Islam will turn India to Pakistan and Arab. No body is stopping Sikhs to propagate their faith across India. People of Bihar, UP will become more productive if they choose sikhism over hiinduism. Terrorism in North east India is driven by christian groups: NSCN(K) while naxalites in forest region of jharkhand, orissa and chattisgarh are converted christian who follow communist ideology.

http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/1984-anti-sikh-riots-withdraw-rajiv-gandhis-bharat-ratna-demands-hs-phoolka_1823809.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter 1984 anti-Sikh riots: Withdraw Rajiv Gandhi's Bharat Ratna, demands HS Phoolka Last Updated: Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 19:22 0 SHARES Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment Senior lawyer HS Phoolka, who has been fighting for the rights of 1984 Sikh riots victims, on Thursday demanded that former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's Bharat Ratna Award be withdrawn, and accused him of justifying the 1984 'genocide'. "In 1984, on this day, nation's prime minister had justified the killing of 3, 000 Sikhs in his address at the boat club in national capital. He had said that when a big tree falls then the earth shakes. Instead of punishing the culprits of such mass murder, he was justifying it," Phoolka said at a press conference here. "A Prime Minister, who justified and genocide and whose party was responsible for the massacre, can't be a Bharat Ratna. We demand Rajiv Gandhi's Bharat Ratna's be taken back," he added. He said that Rajiv Gandhi had not only protected main accused - HKL Bhagat and Jagdish Tytler- of the 1984 riots case, but also awarded them berths in his ministry. "He not only failed to take action against accused Tytler and HKL Bhagat, he made them ministers in his cabinet. On November 16, 1984, the Home Minister of the country announced that the death toll in the Sikh riots was 684. It took him three years to realise how many had died after a report which assessed that 2733 Sikhs were killed," he added. Phoolka also accused the Rajiv Gandhi-led Congress government of wiping out the records of his insensitive 'big tree...' remark on riots from national broadcaster Doordarshan's archives. The senior lawyer, however, said that the footage of Rajiv Gandhi making such a remark had been found, and distributed it among media personnel present at the press conference. Phoolka had on Tuesday slammed the Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) over the handling of the 1984 Sikh Riots case, saying that the top investigating agency had refrained from taking serious action against Tytler. Tytler was among the three prominent leaders named in the reports in the anti-Sikh riots case. The 1984 anti-Sikh riots, which claimed the lives of almost 3000 Sikhs, were triggered by the assassination of former prime minister Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984, by two of her Sikh bodyguards. ANIDownload the all new Zee News app for Android and iOS to stay up to date with latest headlines and news stories in Politics, Entertainment, Sports, Technology, Business and much more from India and around the world.

Scamgress/Khangress PM Rajiv Gandhi justifying massacre of our Sikh brothers HS Phoolka & BJP Leader R P Singh releases video of Rajiv Gandhi justifying 1984 riots. The video is nearly 31 years old in which Rajiv Gandhi is seen saying 'Bdaa ped girta hai toh Dharti toh hilegi hi' after riots of 1984 which took place after Indira Gandhi's assassination.

@IndiaTodayFLASH/status/667331558416605184 ISI behind Punjab sacrilege incidents:Sukhbir Singh Badal, Dy CM, Punjab

I can also marry a Sikh and convert to Sikhism:) I am Software programmer & have worked in Europe for 2 years. I prefer Australia, Canada. Please help Sardar jee! Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

I need paper for UK. How can this forum help a fellow hindu :) If I marry an Indian origin girl then can I get the paper???

Haven't met any anti Sikh hindu Paa jee chill. Lannister always pay back the debt

All Hindus are either neutral or pro Sikhs.

Sikhs associated with Khangress and PAAP Party

None of us are concerned about Sikh and Hindu marriage. My cousin is married to a Sikh boy. By the way, I had lived in London for a year. I was shocked to see many Hindu,Sikh girls dating Pakis.

The Sikh girls going with muzzies are 3-4 times more than their girls going out with Sikhs Sikhs girls are being exploited by those Pakis mirpurias jihadis. Many sikh girls are marrying to their men and converting to Islam. Some of these Sikhs who support UK muslims against Modi ; are either dumb or funded by Pakistan ISI

sikhs group who funded desecration of Guru Granth sahib jee should be treated with iron hand. Dont allow any these Right wing fanatics to take advantage of law & order like situation in Punjab.

These muslims lover sikh should visit Porkistan & Afghanistan. 1000 Sikhs from Porkistan & afghanistan are seeking asylum in india yearly after modi govt changed the old policy. The oppressed Sikhs & Hindus from these nations can live in India without any visa hassles. Khangress govt only allowed muslims 10-20 million bangaldeshis to settle down for vote bank politics while Sikhs and Hindus asylum seekers were treated as outcast. The haters would never find any fault in Pakistani who openly treat all kufr(Hindus, Sikhs) as third class citizens. They convert our women & then blame us intolerant with support of our liberal media. Indian media, Khangressi darbaris pseudo intellectuals had been ranting about Hindu taliban for a month bcoz some 1-2 muslim were lynched by a local mob in law less state of Uttar pradesh which is ruled by muslim lover Mullayam yadav. #ParisAttacks: Blame Bush Yakub: riots Islam: Blame Arabia Dadri: Blame Hindus Pic1:Indian SICKulars on Dadri Pic2:Indian SICKulars on #ParrisAttacks Lately, No sane and rational Sikh will blame modi for law & order situation in Punjab. Law and order is a state subject in India. But what we saw in #london were 100 posters calling modi as killer of Sikhs! The agenda of these RW protesters are in sync with Pakistan and Anti national elements.

Congressi hindus are hindu by name sake.. Plz dont call them hindus. i have been trying to convince the same. You can barely a post against Sikh in Indian forums, threads and twitter. Most of Hindu nationalist support Sikhs. Congress party owns indian judiciary and its impossible for anyone to expect Congress judiciary to punish culprits of 1984 massacre. Indian govt hve been trying to implicate Sonia gandhi & her son in natioanal herald scam but the judges are refusing to take up the case. All the proofs implicating Congressi hindus involvement in 1984 massacres have been obliterated. Some of RW sikhs based abroad have tied up with Pakistan & they are letting down Sikh community big time. Come on, you cant blame Modi/Hindus for Akali dal failures in punjab. Look at the anti modi posters where these people are holding him responsible for recent Sikh killings in punjab...Are these people out of mind??? Law & order is state subject. But the khalistani protests are blaming modi for every mess in punjab Akali had appeased RW Sikhs & some of them are taking advantage of bad law and order situation in punjab as pretext to stroke communal divide. Desecration is very much the agenda of those RW sikhs to unite all radical elements. Indian sikhs have integrated in main stream. Many of BJP youth leaders are Sikhs. It was Hindus who are most worried about declining Sikh population in Punjab. But all we hear from Sikhs based abroad is that Hindus/RSS are trying to destroy Sikhism. Sikh group associated with RSS have converted 5000 Christianity back into Sikhism with their ghar wapsi campaign.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/PM-raises-concerns-over-Sikh-radicals-UK-presence/articleshow/49762767.cms PM raises concerns over Sikh radicals’ UK presenceTNN | Nov 13, 2015, 04.30 AM IST NEW DELHI: Radical outfits are not only holding ideological indoctrination sessions at some gurudwaras in UK for young members of the Sikh diaspora but also giving them live demonstrations on how to make improvised explosive device (IEDs) with commonly available chemicals, claim intelligence inputs shared with the government here. The intelligence reports claim Avtar Singh Khanda, vice president of Shiromani Akali Dal (Mann) and a close aide of terrorist Jagtar Singh Hawara, and Babbar Khalsa International-UK's Paramjit Singh Pamma are planning to hold radicalisation training classes for the Sikh youth, during which they will also be trained to assemble IEDs with locally available chemicals. Such classes were earlier conducted at Guru Nanak Gurdwara, Spark Hill, Stratford, Birmingham (December 2014) and Gurdwara Singh Sabha, Glasgow (January 2015). Prime Minister Narendra Modi is believed to have raised the presence and anti-India activities of UK-based radical Sikh groups, apparently with the backing of Pakistan's ISI, with his British counterpart David Cameron on Thursday. Modi, who carried the dossier prepared for the bilateral talks, reportedly drew attention of the UK authorities to alleged fund-raising by radicals affiliated to banned outfits like BKI, International Sikh Youth Federation and Khalistan Zindabad Force during meetings of the Sikh diaspora. These funds are reportedly sent to intermediaries based in Punjab and Pakistan, say intelligence reports. India is also concerned at the creation of Miri Piri Foundation on July 31 with creation of Khalistan as its goal. More recently on September 20, the annual convention of Sikh Federation-UK (SFUK) held at a gurdwara in Wolverhampton (West Midlands) declared the establishment of Khalistan as its primary mission. An amount of £97,750 was collected by SFUK in donations. Modi reportedly shared India's concerns and objections to some pro-Khalistan TV channels operating in the UK. These include Sikh Channel and Sangat TV, both of which are allegedly controlled by Sikh radicals and known to indulge in anti-India tirade. The two channels had tried to incite young Sikhs by repeatedly covering an incident in Jammu dated June 4 that saw one Sikh youth killed in police firing. Intelligence reports say the owner of Sikh Channel had given approximately £2,500 to the Pakistan-based chief of Dal Khalsa International. Incidentally, BKI also runs an Internet radio called Babbar Khalsa Radio, which reportedly glorifies slain Khalistani militants. Modi's ongoing visit to the UK is being opposed by local Sikh radical groups, which have discussed protests at 10 Downing Street, Parliament Square, Indian High Commission, Wembley Stadium, Cambridge/Oxford University, the hotel where the PM is staying as well as the local Hindu temple he plans to visit, besides the airport. A UK-based NGO, Aawaz Network, has created a Twitter page and Google Plus page in the name of Dal Khalsa-UK to mobilise people for anti-Modi protests. The demonstrators are likely to protest outside Wembley Stadium on Friday. Stay updated on the go with Times of India News App. Click here to download it for your device. Post a comment

sikhs are sick about protesting Modi who has nothing to do with 1984. Targeting Modi will only hurt Sikhs some of them who want visa for Punjab. Leslee udwin documentary violated Indian SC rules. She ws not allowed to interview the convicts. Lately she removed the rape statistics of western world(in the end of clip) to paint rape as the Indian problem She even bribed the rapist for getting their interview http://time.com/3736996/indias-daughter-leslee-udwin-documentary-allegations-denial/ http://www.storypick.com/bbc-leslie-indias-daughter/ http://www.firstpost.com/india/bbc-cut-out-international-rape-statistics-from-indias-daughter-accuses-leslee-udwin-2162095.html Early reviews of the film also call it a balanced documentary, but the final BBC version seems to have omitted the worldwide statistics. The end result points to India being the rape capital of the world

*Anti Khalistani extremists based abroad who are working on payroll of Pakistan to disturb peace and communal harmony in Punjab

Subverting A Popular Movement: How The Sarbat Khalsa Was Hijacked By Radical Sikh Bodies By AMANDEEP SANDHU | 11 November 2015 GETTY IMAGES On November 10, Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) leader, Simranjit Singh Mann, and United Akali Dal President Mohkam Singh, called a Sarbat Khalsa (a plenary meeting of the Sikh community) to discuss the issues of sacrilege and change in institutional leadership of the Sikhs. PreviousNext Print | E-mail Despite the Punjab government’s efforts to discourage people from assembling for the Sarbat Khalsa, a plenary meeting of the Khalsa—the collective body of the Sikhs—held on 10 November 2015 near Tarn Taran, Amritsar, the crowds were overwhelming. Although the police had been stopping private vehicles and buses, attendees had walked and reached the site the night before. The meeting had been called by the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) leader, Simranjit Singh Mann, and United Akali Dal President Mohkam Singh, to discuss the issues of sacrilege and change in institutional leadership of the Sikhs. In response, the Punjab government had cited various reasons in an attempt to make the meeting appear illegitimate: that it had not been convened through the Akal Takht—the highest seat of power for the Khalsa, that it was not being held at the Akal Takht, and that it did not have the approval of the Panj Piyare, the five chosen granthis, or priests, from the community, and so on. Contrary to the government’s understanding however, Sikhism provides for a set of checks and balances by which the community can call a meeting and decide to revoke its institutionalised leadership. Such a plenary meet is called a Sarbat Khalsa. The government’s final ploy to discourage attendance was to remind the public of the fact that the organisers are radical Sikhs—the “hardliners.” In fact, the stage for the Sarbat Khalsa was fairly bereft of the symbolism that hardliners are accused of employing, usually invoking Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale or Khalistan. The speeches, too, were mostly moderate. It was towards the culmination of the Sarbat Khalsa, when the Gurmatas, or resolutions, were passed, that everything changed, and the organisers and the Khalsa plenary itself fell directly into the very propaganda that had been built around them. The use of the term “hardliners” has its cause in recent history: while the first Sarbat Khalsa was called by Guru Gobind Singh, later, in the eighteenth century, the process became a way through which the Sikh community took decisions and organised itself. In the nineteenth century, in an attempt to allow his progeny to succeed to the throne unhindered, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the founder of the Sikh empire, ended the practice of calling Sarbat Khalsas. In the twentieth century, the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandak Committee (SGPC), an elected apex body of the Sikhs, came to be considered the voice of the Khalsa. In 1986, in the aftermath of Operation Blue Star, a Sarbat Khalsa was expressly convened for the first time in over two centuries, during which the decision not to accept the Akal Takht built by the government of India was taken. The decision was to build an Akal Takht through kar sewa, or community participation in service of the religion. In the wake of the separatist movement, the Sarbat Khalsa also decided to struggle for Sikh self-rule. While the former was a matter of the community’s self-respect and dignity, the Indian state and Punjab government see the latter as a provocation for the separatist demand for Khalistan. The images of Bhindranwale, Major General Shabeg Singh, an Indian army officer who later joined Bhindranwale at the Golden Temple, and was killed during Operation Bluestar; Amrik Singh Sodhi, a mentee of Bhindranwale; and others appeared on gates to the venue and on boards and walls of the tent for this Sarbat Khalsa. Representatives from around a hundred Sikh organizations, many from around the world, spoke on the stage. Only one woman, also belonging to a Sikh right-wing outfit, addressed the congregation. The discourse mostly enumerated how the community and Punjab has been laid waste by the current political powers and how they have hijacked the Sikh institutions. Many speakers emphasised the idea of sacrifice that underlines Punjab’s narrative. Once in a while, references to Bhindranwale, to Khalistan, and to the 1984 pogrom did come up, but the organisers did not restrain them. After all, these are all an inalienable part of Punjab’s bruised experience and popular imagination, and can elicit emotional responses from time to time. At the end of the meeting, a set of resolutions drafted by the radicals was read out. A Gurmata, the resolution passed by the assent of the Sarbat Khalsa, is considered to be “sanctified by the Gurus.” Once passed with jaikaras—chants or calls—of “Jo bole so nihal, sat sri akal” from the entire congregation, they become binding on the entire Sikh community. In this case, though the resolution was a radical statement, no discussion transpired. The call, which roughly translates to “Blessed are those who say god is supreme,” is common to Sikh gatherings and is used to express a wide variety of public emotions. Instead, the call was used to garner the assent of the Khalsa: once the jaikara was made, no dissent, no alternative point of view was possible. The resolution, for one, summarily dismissed the current Jathedars—high priests—and nominated to the seat of the Akal Takht, Jagtar Singh Hawara. Hawara, currently lodged in Tihar Jail, Delhi, is one of the accused in the assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh in 1995. It is highly doubtful that the interests the radicals have served by this nomination are those of the Khalsa. In the late 1990s, Ranjit Singh, accused of killing Nirankari leader Gurbachan Singh, was also nominated as the Jathedar of Akal Takht. That was how the Indian government was forced to release him from jail. By nominating Hawara as Jathedar of Akal Takht, it appears that the radicals are once again trying the same tactics in an attempt to undermine the laws of the nation in the name of the Sikh community. The proceedings of the 2015 Sarbat Khalsa put into contention the very method by which the resolutions were passed. A tweet by one of the organisers says they had reached the resolutions by the time the Sarbat Khalsa convened. The same organiser also posted a scanned copy of an English version of the resolution, stating that, “Blank spaces were for names, TBA [To Be Announced].” Whether the meet was just a show of numbers by those who are anyway bound, by custom and tradition, to return a jaikara, is unclear. In effect, the Sarbat Khalsa was a khap panchayat, only with greater numbers. If there were deliberations, they were private and behind the scenes. What was forced on the public were the Gurmatas, expected to be affirmed with the jaikaras. There was no mention of which points the community needs to deliberate and decide upon before the next Sarbat Khalsa on Baisakhi in 2016, which, the resolution states, is when they will be finalised. From all that transpired, it was clear that the radicals believed that the Gurmatas are binding and final, and that the Sikh community must now support them. If that be the case, what then is the definition of Sikh self-rule, or the use of invoking the 1986 Sarbat Khalsa, in a state which belongs to a larger nation that is constitutionally bound to uphold the law? Bunching together the corrupt government of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and the Indian state, which has never responded to the 1984 violence, and fighting against both in the name of religion, is to manipulate the Sikh grievances and support. Since all the proceedings were in Punjabi, towards the end, one of the organisers, a “videshi Sikh”—who lives abroad and hence knows English—read out the summary in English. (My transcript of the summary has been reproduced at the end of the piece.) The reason for the English summary, given in an aside on stage and captured by the microphone, was that the resolutions can reach the Sikhs around the world. However, the need should not just be that the Sikhs around the world listen to the resolutions, but that the radicals make sense of their aspirational nationhood in a way that the world can understand. Around a third of 30 million Sikhs in the world, myself included, live outside Punjab. That the Sikhs have suffered and not found justice is widely accepted, but an ordinary Sikh, both inside Punjab and outside, does not want to go back to the decade of the 1980s or the mayhem of 1947 Partition of India. The organisers of the Sarbat Khalsa, who seek to constitute a global Sikh parliament, are in fact, ghettoised in their ideology. They are busy patting each other’s backs and are not focusing on how and what to communicate of their intentions to the world at large. What such resolutions do—which now will be bandied in the name of religion with community support—is add fuel to the fire that has already erupted in Punjab over the last month. The reason peace has prevailed until now in spite of extreme provocation—since pages of the Ramayan, the Gita and the Holy Quran were found—is that there has been no “other” to this battle of sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib. The Congress has already started to blame the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, and the Shiv Sena issued advertisements to stop Sikhs from participating in the Sarbat Khalsa. The fear for the sanity of Punjab is genuine, and I do not know what to derive from the resolutions as they put me squarely back into the dilemma: am I first a Sikh, and then an Indian, or vice versa, or only one of the two? The radicals who organized the Sarbat Khalsa may not be able to answer me but it remains to be seen if the nation state will find ways of clearly addressing the Sikh grievances so that the hardliners in the community do not tilt the Sikh discourse to their advantage. Below is the summary of the resolutions with a part of the introduction as it was presented on stage, transcribed by the author: Sarbat Khalsa’s purpose is to strengthen all the Sikh institutions and traditions. We realise there are limitations and we shall work towards diverse and greater participation next time. Infused with the fragrance of Gurbani, the mystical body of Sarbat Khalsa met today with unconditional allegiance to the Guru Granth Sahib an infinite source of wisdom for all. In spirit of consensus based decision making, capturing the political will of the Sikh nation, Sarbat Khalsa invokes the leadership of Sri Guru Granth Sahib and Guru Khalsa Panth and resolves to the following resolutions: The Sarbat Khalsa, Absolves the three current Jathedars from their duties: Giani Gurbachan Singh, Giani Mal Singh, Giani Gurmukh Singh and Giani Iqbal Singh. It appoints the following interim Jathedars until Baisakhi 2016. Bhai Jagtar Singh Hawara at Sri Akal Takht Sahib, Bhai Amrik Singh Ajnala at Sri Kesgarh Sahib, Bhai Baljit Singh Daduwal at Sri Damdama Sahib. Reaffirms that Sri Akal Takht Sahib is Guru gifted sovereign Sikh institution which must become fully independent again. A draft committee is to be constituted comprising of Sikhs both from the homeland and the Diaspora by 30 November 2015 to report on Akal Takht Sahib’s system which includes Sarbat Khalsa and Jathedar’s governance and process. Plan is to be adopted by Baisakhi 2016 when the next Sarbat Khalsa is to be held. Declares Kanwar Pal Singh Gill and Kuldeep Singh Brar ‘tankhaiya’ – chastised – for anti-Sikh genocidal campaigns and summons them at Akal Takht Sahib to present themselves by 30 November, 2015. Finds Prakash Singh Badal, Sukhbir Singh Badal and Avtar Singh Makkad guilty of undermining and misusing the Sikh institutions of Panj Pyare (Fives Chosen ones) and Akal Takht Sahib. Nullifies Prakash Singh Badal’s Faqr-E-Qaum and Panth Ratan titles and Avtar Singh Makkad’s Shiromani Sevak Awards. Sarbat Khalsa creates the World Sikh Parliament to represent the global Sikhs under the aegis of Akal Takht Sahib. A draft committee is to be constituted comprising Sikhs both from the homeland and the Diaspora by 30 November 2015 to report on structure and governance planned to be adopted by Baisakhi 2016. Calls on Sikhs to safeguard sanctity of Guru Granth Sahib and aptly deliver justice in accordance with the Khalsa traditions to those disrespecting the eternal Guru. Sarbat Khalsa recognises the Sikh political prisoners as the Sikh nation’s assets and holds the state responsible for the resultant consequences due to Jathedar Surat Singh’s struggles. It demands political prisoners of any movement in India such as Sikhs, Naxalites, Kashmiris, and Nagas to be released unconditionally now. Sarbat Khalsa revives the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee’s democratic representative system to manage the internal Sikh affairs which have been suspended by the state over the years. Orders all Sikhs to fully refrain from all internal divisive doctrinal debates until the sovereignty of Akal Takht Sahib is fully restored. Recognizes the Sikh nation must establish a unifying independent Sikh calendar. Aspires for Vatican like status for Harmandar Sahib complex to ensure every Sikh’s birthright to visit and deliberate at the Akal Takht Sahib. Reaffirms the resolution adopted by the Sarbat Khalsa on 26 January 1986. Embraces the disenfranchised human beings to be treated with dignity and respect and appeals to stop the construction of caste based Gurdwaras and cremation grounds. All Sikhs and Sikh institutions are to implement the aforesaid resolutions in both letter and spirit. http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/sarbat-khalsa-hijacked-by-radical-sikh-bodies

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