New Sport In Punjab

[kurtas]

When will these people learn. How the heck are we supposed to tell the french how important the dastaar is when these idiots are knocking each others dastaar off and using them to show off infront of reporters. Shame on all those involved.

10 Akali workers hurt in clash

Protest against Jaitley’s statement

Vimal Sumbly

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, July 9

Workers of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) (SAD-A), including district president Anup Singh Sandhu and vice-president Harjab Singh Daad were roughed up by activists of the Shiromani Akali Dal-Badal (SAD-B) outside the Circuit House here today.

SAD-B workers were out to ransack the nearby office of the SAD(A). The SAD(A) claimed that 10 of its activists were injured in the scuffle.

Incident took place outside the Circuit House where senior Akali and Bharatiya Janata Party leaders, including Mr Arun Jaitley and Mr Parkash Singh Badal, held a meeting on seat-sharing for the Assembly elections.

The SAD(A) workers led by district president Sandhu, carrying black flags wanted to protest against Mr Jaitley, who they alleged was trying to interfere in the functioning of Akal Takht Sahib.

The SAD(A) general secretary said the protest was organised against Mr Jaitley’s reported demand that Akal Takht withdraw the hukamnama of boycott pronounced in 2004 against the Rashtriya Sikh Sangat, an outfit of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.

The SAD(B) workers, who had information of the protest, had gathered outside the venue since morning. Hundreds of Akali workers appeared to be waiting in and outside the Circuit House complex for SAD(A) protesters.

As they (SAD(A) workers) started approaching the Circuit House from their party’s office, which is nearby, carrying black flags and shouting slogans, SAD-B workers attacked them with lathis. The SAD(A) workers were outnumbered by the Badal supporters. Most of them fled, some tried to put up resistance also. In the scuffle turbans of some of the SAD(A) were blown off. Some Badal supporters carried these turbans displaying these to photographers as symbol of victory.

District vice-president of the SAD(A) Harjab Singh Daad snatched his turban from SAD-B workers. He was beaten up. However, he was saved by Deputy Superintendent of Police R.K. Bakshi and his men.

Secretary and spokesman of the SAD-B, Dr Daljeet Singh Cheema condemned the SAD(A) for its “attack†on his party workers. He pointed out, everybody had the right in a democracy to organise programme of his party. “Why did they (SAD-A) activists try to attack and disturb our programme?â€, he asked, adding that they were doing it at the behest of the Congress.

SAD(A) general secretary Prof Jagmohan Singh was furious at the incident. He said, the SAD(B) would get a prompt reply. “They have sparked a civil war among the Sikhs and they (the SAD-B) should be squarely responsible for itâ€, he warned. He claimed the SAD(A) activists were only trying to lodge symbolic and peaceful protest against Mr Jaitley.

“However, our workers were attacked and beaten up by SAD-B activistsâ€, he alleged. The SAD(A) has called a Sikh congregation on July 21 at Amritsar.

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Some Badal supporters carried these turbans displaying these to photographers as symbol of victory.

I felt like my heart was ripped out from my chest when i read this. This is the most disgusting thing when our people do beadbi of dastaar. In France sikh chldren are fighting for the right to wear a dastaar and these people knock of a person's dastaar and show it off as a sign of victory. waah singho waah! Forget khalistan, these people deserve a few days with that jamdoot KP Gill.

God, bless us with Sikhi.

[BABBAR KHALISTANI]

donna man when r we gonna get rid of this badal demon.....he's really exploiting sikhs and sikhi to the max for his personal benefits.......it hurts to read thede people making mockery of dastar which has been given to us by sarbans dani dasam patshah dhan dhan sri guru gobind singh ji.......it's even more painful to see a dusht brahmin arun jaitley interfering in akal takht's affairs .....persuading traitor badal to direct the puppet vedanti to withdraw hukamnama against controversial r.s.s......donno what's gonna happen if he does so....... might prove really fatal....sincere punjabi sikhs and international sikhs are gonna be really angry......it seems as if gurdwaras are again under the masands...this time more influential ones in the sikh disguise......i sincerely pray to waheguru that our sikh community in world's largest demoncrazy india learns sumting frm these incidents and kick prakashji dass badal's <admin-profanity filter activated> outta politics......and bring in true heroes to the fore that's the only solution

[sikh supreme]

I dont know about much about Punjabi politics but knocking of turbans is sick. And these so called leaders wonder why so many Sikh guys even in punjab are cutting their hair and doing away with turbans....

[Revolutionary]

Badal will die

such a painful and tortured death