Urgent Request For Gursikhs From London Area

[kurtas]

Please if anyone wants to make a difference and stop the spread of party halls then you can help stop this. Can some concerned Gursikhs from around London get together in a group tomorrow evening (23rd March 2006) and raise this issue with the Bhai Sahib Iqbal Singh Ji who is Jathedar of Patna Sahib

The Jathedar of Patna Sahib is doing Katha (early evening) at Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha in Southall (Park Avenue) .

Go listen to his Katha and then tell him about these party halls and demand he raise this issue with Jathedar Vedanti and they issue a Hukumnama stopping this dirty practice.

Please sink your differences and for the sake of the Khalsa Panth unite and go see the Jathedar tomorrow. He may be flying back soon and we cannot miss this opportunity. Please do not sit back, if you are a Gursikh and can get to Southall then please do this sewa for the Panth.

If a few Sikh Societies can get their members together and raise this issue then please step forward.

It might be worthwhile to take a camcorder to tape the meeting and putting this up on the net.

[Simran9]

perhaps notify Respect for Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Campaign??

[GurSa Singh]

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh!

Please urge anyone you know in the West London area who is an active GurSikh to meet with JathedarJi this evening and discuss the UK issues of Banqueting Halls and Gurdwara Community Halls serving meat and alcohol.

We need more elders taking up this issue as a pose to the youth ,who, from personal experience ,are not always taken seriously

It's a shame the visits of the Jathedars are never publicised in advance. Nevertheless, as Kurtas has mentioned please talk to whoever you think is a good representative to approach the Jathedar this evening.

Some young British Singhs have met up with Vedanti recently and a line of communication has begun. All further pressure will help accelerate the process of Akal Takht Sahib addressing the beadbi issues in the UK.

We all must take equal ownership in attempting to resolve the current beadbi taking place in the UK by corrupt Ragi Jathas, Granthis, Prabandhiks and fake Babay.

[kurtas]

Gursa Singh Ji, Was Vedanti recently at Soho Road Gurdwara ? I was told he was there but only after he had left the UK. Can you elaborate as to whether Jathedar Vedanti was made aware of the party hall issue.

I take it from the lack of interest shown that there are no GurSikhs in the London area concerned about Gurdwara party halls.

Stop being lazy and a few of you get together and approach the Jathedar before he returns back to India. There are more than enough of you studying at London Uni's who could get together this evening and raise the issue with the Jathedar. It is all well and good having tea and samosa parties but YOUR PANTH NEEDS YOU to raise this issue with the Jathedar. It might be a good idea to draft a request for action on paper and get five Gursikh to sign it and give this to the Jathedar.

We do not get these chances everyday and to ignore this opportunity would be a wasted opportunity.

[kurtas]

I have emailed the R4GJ campaign group and requested they get involved.

[GurSa Singh]

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh!

With the help of senior Nihangs from Budha Dal, a group of young British Sikhs finally managed to get an audience with Vedanti at the Sri Akal Takht Sahib a few weeks ago to raise awareness of the UK beadbi issues. This is the first meeting any of the UK naujwaan have managed to have with Vedanti.

To take this further the UK sangat need to keep applying pressure to Vedanti, the Jathedars of the other takhts and the SGPC (due to their controlling influence over the Akal Takht) to vocally and officially address the abuse of Akal Takht Hukumnamas in the UK.

[kurtas]

I have now emailed most the Sikh Socieities in London and asked them to take up the sewa. I will now send text messages where possible and alert them to the email and urge a swift response.

[kurtas]

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh!

With the help of senior Nihangs from Budha Dal, a group of young British Sikhs finally managed to get an audience with Vedanti at the Sri Akal Takht Sahib a few weeks ago to raise awareness of the UK beadbi issues. This is the first meeting any of the UK naujwaan have managed to have with Vedanti.

To take this further the UK sangat need to keep applying pressure to Vedanti, the Jathedars of the other takhts and the SGPC (due to their controlling influence over the Akal Takht) to vocally and officially address the abuse of Akal Takht Hukumnamas in the UK.

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GurSa Singh Ji

What was the response of Jathedar Vedanti ? and have any direct lines of communication been set up ? so issues can be raised directly with Vedanti instead of the Akal Takht Secetariat who really are in a shambles with thousands of petitions lying unanswered.

If there is an official line of communication then how can we raise issues to be forwarded to Vedanti ? In particualr I have this issue in mind and also issues like Sikh heritage.

Thanks

Kurtas.

[GurSa Singh]

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh!

With the help of senior Nihangs from Budha Dal, a group of young British Sikhs finally managed to get an audience with Vedanti at the Sri Akal Takht Sahib a few weeks ago to raise awareness of the UK beadbi issues. This is the first meeting any of the UK naujwaan have managed to have with Vedanti.

To take this further the UK sangat need to keep applying pressure to Vedanti, the Jathedars of the other takhts and the SGPC (due to their controlling influence over the Akal Takht) to vocally and officially address the abuse of Akal Takht Hukumnamas in the UK.

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GurSa Singh Ji

What was the response of Jathedar Vedanti ? and have any direct lines of communication been set up ? so issues can be raised directly with Vedanti instead of the Akal Takht Secetariat who really are in a shambles with thousands of petitions lying unanswered.

If there is an official line of communication then how can we raise issues to be forwarded to Vedanti ? In particualr I have this issue in mind and also issues like Sikh heritage.

Thanks

Kurtas.

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Over the past year or so UK naujwaan have been trying to meet Vedanti in regard to the Halls issue. Vedanti's UK visits have either been discreet or due to time constraints Vedanti would not be willing to meet anyone.

Correspondence has been sent to the Akal Takht several times over the past 2 years with names of culprits who abuse the Hukumnama and other issues. Only once has a confirmation reply been received from the Akal Takht Secetariat. On 2 occasions the paperwork has been hand delivered by a UK Gurdwara Pardaan.

A number of UK Jathabandhis were approached, however, no one was able or willing to assist in setting up a communication or meeting with the Akal Takht Sahib.

Finally, during a visit to Punjab some Singhs from UK formed a relationship with the Buddha Dal Nihangs who finally managed to arrange a meeting with Vedanti on the Thurdays before Hola Mohalla to address the problems in the UK. The paperwork was personally handed over to Vedanti and the Buddha Dal Nihangs have promised to follow up with Vedanti.

The Buddha Dal Nihangs have advised that the pressure be kept by the UK sangat with correspondence also needing to be sent to Patna Sahib and Hazoor Sahib. With Guru Ji's kirpa the news of the Patna Sahib Jathedar's UK visit is great timing and full advantage of his presence in the UK needs to be taken.

[ParwinderSingh]

Kurtas Ji , i just been reading the posts now , how did it go? did you manage to get it on camera, did you get lots of sangat to protest? Please keep us informed on what happened..........Thanks

Fateh Ji