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  1. Press Release and Sangat Update – Coventry, UK Sunday 22 July 2012 www.SatkaarCampaign.blogspot.com Ramgarhia Gurdwara Coventry agrees to stop meat and alcohol parties in Gurdwara community centre Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh! Further to our previous Sangat Update on 6 July 2012, we are pleased to inform the UK Sangat that with Guru Maharaaj’s kirpa the management committee of Ramgarhia Gurdwara Coventry have agreed to stop taking further bookings for meat and alcohol parties in the community centre which is owned by and is part of the complex of the Gurdwara. The decision was taken at a general body meeting of the Gurdwara on Sunday 15 July 2012. This followed a meeting that took place between representatives of the Ramgarhia Gurdwara committee and various Gurdwara Parbandaks from the midlands region onSaturday 14 July 2012. The representatives from Ramgarhia Gurdwara included the President Ajit Singh Jootla, General Secretary Swaran Singh Panesar and committee member Surinder Singh Jandu. The Ramgarhia Gurdwara Coventry committee representatives informed the Parbandaks that they had contemplated banning meat and alcohol parties for a considerable time but would now do so by way of submitting a motion at the general body meeting on 15 July 2012. The Gurdwara committee informed the Parbandaks that three more parties were scheduled to take place the last being on 18 August 2012 and that nofurther bookings with meat and alcohol would be taken after that date. It was confirmed that the Gurdwara sangat would be informed of this and that the community centre would in future be used as a multi-purpose centre including for Punjabi and Kirtan classes and that the possibility of using it for sport would also be looked into. The Ramgarhia Gurdwara Coventry committee representatives agreed for Satkaar Campaign Sevadaars to attend the Gurdwara at a future date and address the Gurdwara Sangat. We congratulate the Ramgarhia Gurdwara Coventry committee for the welcome step it has taken and are thankful to the midlands Parbandaks for their active involvement on finding a resolution in this matter. We are appreciative of the fact the Parbandaks arranged their meeting with the Ramgarhia committee at shortnotice upon our request. We look up to the Parbandaks and wish to continue working hand-in-hand with them to ensure that all UK Gurdwaras follow the 2006 Sandesh prohibiting meat and alcohol parties so that the authority of Akaal TakhatSahib is not undermined and maximum Satkaar for Sri Guru Granth Ji Maharaaj is maintained. Satkaar Campaign Sevadaars remained committed to raising awareness on this issue and will work together with all Parbandaks and Jathebandees to remove the cancer of party halls on Gurdwara premises from Gurdwara’s throughout the country. Finally, we would like to point out that we understand the three remaining parties at Ramgarhia Gurdwara Coventry community centre will permit meat and alcohol to be consumed. We invite the Gurdwara committee to liaise with the relevant families that have booked the parties to have them re-located to another venue not linked to the Gurdwara Sahib, so as to prevent the Beadbi that will otherwise occur. Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh!
  2. Urgent Sangat Update: Ramgarhia Gurdwara Coventry 6 July 2012 Waheguru Jee Ka Khalsa Waheguru Jee Kee Fateh Satkaar Campaign Sevadaars have been made aware of a possible protest this evening (Friday 6 July) outside the Ramgarhia Hall at Ramgarhia Gurdwara Coventry organised by the Sangat against a pre-booked party that we understand is taking place at the hall. Ramgarhia Gurdwara Coventry is one the remaining Gurdwaras which has a party hall permitting the consumption of meat and alcohol in contravention of the Akal Takhat Sandesh of 2006. Whilst we are pleased that the local Sangat is taking the initiative on this matter, we make a humble request to the organisers or attendees of any such protest to hold back from carrying it out at this stage. We are making this request as a meeting has been arranged between the Ramgharia Gurdwara Coventry committee and other Gurdwara prabhandaks from the wider West Midlands region on 14 July to discuss the matter of the Akal Takhat Sandesh of 2006 and Ramgarhia Gurdwara Coventry. The Gurdwara prabhandaks have requested no steps be taken prior to 14 July to allow the meeting to take place in an amicable manner. The outcome of the meeting will be communicated to the Sangat. The Gurdwara parbandaks have arranged the meeting with the committee of Ramgarhia Gurdwara Coventry at the request of Satkaar Campaign Sevadaars. We will provide the detailed background to the matter in an upcoming update. Waheguru Jee Ka Khalsa Waheguru Jee Kee Fateh
  3. Press Release & Sangat Update Amritsar, India 27 September 2011 www.SatkaarCampaign.blogspot.com Sri Akal Takht Sahib re-emphasizes Sandesh of 2006 Meeting of Singh Sahibaans at Akal Takht Sahib recognises work of Satkaar Campaign From left to right - Giani Mal Singh Granthi Darbar Sahib Amritsar, Jathedar Giani Iqbal Singh Takht Patna Sahib, Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh Akal Takht Sahib, Jathedar Giani Tirlochan Singh Takht Kesgarh Sahib and Jathedar Giani Balwant Singh Nandgarh Takht Damdama Sahib Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh! Satkaar Campaign Sevadaars are pleased to inform the UK Sikh Sangat that a meeting of five Singh Sahibaans at the Akal Takht Sahib on 26 September 2011 re-emphasized the Akal Takht’s Sandesh (edict) of 2006 prohibiting the consumption of meat and alcohol on all Gurdwara property. The Jathedar of the Akal Takht Singh Sahib Giani Gurbachan Singh confirmed in a telephone conversation with Satkaar Campaign Sevadaars on 26 September 2011 that the five Singh Sahibaans discussed in their meeting correspondence received from the Satkaar Campaign in the matter of the 2006 Sandesh and confirmed that no functions with meat or alcohol are permitted whatsoever on Gurdwara owned property. The Jathedar of the Akal Takht noted that Satkaar Campaign Sevadaars have been working to eradicate the sacrilege of party halls on Gurdwara premises in the UK and mandated management committees of Gurdwaras, Gurdwara Council’s, Panthic Jathebandees and Satkaar Campaign Sevadaars to work together to resolve the matter going forward. Satkaar Campaign Sevadaars have also been instructed to keep the secretariat of the Akal Takht up to date with progress on the issue and have been informed that should matters not be resolved satisfactorily the Akal Takht will take necessary action going forward. The discussion of the 2006 Sandesh at the Singh Sahibaans meeting at the Akal Takht on 26 September followed meetings between Satkaar Campaign Sevadaars and the Jathedar of the Akal Takht during his recent visit to the UK. Satkaar Campaign Sevadaars provided a detailed background of the beadbi (sacrilege) taking place at a handful of Gurdwaras in the UK permitting the consumption of meat and alcohol on Gurdwara premises and also referred to suggestions that some Gurdwara committees may propose to try to get around the Sandesh by donating or selling at gross under-value Gurdwara owned property to third-parties for the purpose of continuing with parties on such premises. The Jathedar of the Akal Takht has taken serious note of this matter and has instructed the Satkaar Campaign to inform the secretariat of the Akal Takht of any such proposed course of action for intervention and resolution by the Akal Takht. The Akal Takht Sahib meeting was attended by Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh Akal Takht Sahib Amritsar, Jathedar Giani Tirlochan Singh Takht Kesgarh Sahib, Jathedar Giani Balwant Singh Nandgarh Takht Damdama Sahib, Jathedar Giani Iqbal Singh Takht Patna Sahib and Giani Mal Singh Granthi Darbar Sahib Amritsar. Satkaar Campaign Sevadaars understand that besides discussing the matter of the 2006 Sandesh, the Singh Sahibaans also discussed a number of other instances of beadbi of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji in India and abroad including the recent cases of the deliberate desecration of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji’s Saroops in Udhampur-Nalla Ropar and Pilibhit Uttaranchal. The Singh Sahibaans resolved to instruct the SGPC to take up the matter with the Punjab and Central governments for tougher action against those guilty of such heinous acts including prosecuting offenders with homicide under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code taking into account that Sri Guru Granth Sahib has been accorded juristic status for particular purposes by the Supreme Court of India. The meeting also resolved to instruct the SGPC to hold meetings with committees of all Gurdwaras, Sikh institutions and scholars to discuss the maintenance of the sanctity of the Guru Granth Sahib in all Gurdwaras. In other developments the Singh Sahibaans sought details from Gurdwara committees in Malaysia about a case of one Sarban Singh who was reported to have prepared and sold in part the largest Saroop of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji at 13 feet and 700 kg and summoned to appear before the Akal Takht in the next meeting another NRI Surinder Singh Dhesi who was reported to have prepared Saroops of Guru Granth Sahib containing a number of typographical errors. Satkaar Campaign Sevadaars welcome the positive engagement of the Singh Sahibaans on matters of Satkaar for Guru Granth Sahib and we are humbled with the words of support and encouragement for the Satkaar Campaign received from the Akal Takht. The Satkaar Campaign Sevadaars remain committed to raising awareness of the gross sacrilege that a small minority of Gurdwara committees in the UK are continuing to commit by permitting the consumption of meat and alcohol on Gurdwara owned or related premises and we humbly request all Gurdwaras, Gurdwara Councils, Jathebandees and other Sikh organizations to work together to eradicate such practices from all Gurdwaras throughout the country. Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh!
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