Make Tohra SGPC chief: Sikh front

[Deep Singh]

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030623/...3/punjab1.htm#3

Make Tohra SGPC chief: Sikh front

Our Correspondent

Bathinda, June 22

The Sikh Front International (SFI), while welcoming the unity of the SAD (B) and SHSAD, said veteran Akali leader Gurcharan Singh Tohra should be made the president of the SGPC.

Mr Gurkirpal Singh, the president of the SFI and former president of the All-India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF), said this while addressing a meeting of the front here today.

He said to revive the SGPC, Mr Tohra should be made its president and the post of the secretary should be given to Mr Manjit Singh Calcutta.

The front demanded that the Head Granthi of Sri Darbar Sahib, Amritsar, Giani Puran Singh, and the Jathedar of Akal Takht, Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti, should resign from their posts as they had failed to maintain the sanctity of Golden Temple and Akal Takht”.

The front said there was a need to launch a campaign to educate the Sikh youths about the teachings of Gurus.

The association thanked the Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, for exempting the items purchased for use in Golden Temple from tax and urged him to impose a ban on the use of tobacco at public places in the state.

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What do you guys think? Should politicians be religious leaders? Or should t

here be a division between the two?

[Son of Guru Gobind Singh Ji]

vaaheguru ji ka khalsa vaaheguru ji ki fateh

What do you guys think? Should politicians be religious leaders? Or should there be a division between the two?

Politicians should NOT be religious leaders as in Sikhi, religion is higher than politics. From history we can tell how our politicians took guidance from religion. So, only religious leaders should be politicians. (making sense?)

vaaheguru ji ka khalsa vaaheguru ji ki fateh

[Deep Singh]

Sat Sri Akal Bhaji....

yes it makes sense to me.....BUT the people who are in charge now are MORE POLITICIANS than religious leaders....agree? so, even though they have been religious leaders...now they are in politics and left their religious self... :D

[ms514]

Sat Sri Akal:

First rule: Any person who wishes to hold ANY Sikh position should be REQUIRED to keep only the last name of Singh or Kaur.

The answer to your question is a definite yes!!! For Sikhs, religion and politics DO go hand in hand, as politics is an extension of the Miri concept. HOWEVER, a Sikh politician should be a Sikh first and embrace Rehat and Gurbani, not be an enemy to it!!! Torha (and Badal) are no where near Sikhs!!!

People talk big, but their actions betray them. An excellent post on Sikhnet addressed how the Sikh politicans were holding this huge anti-drug campaign while they distribute liquor to people to get their vote. How can we trust these people to reflect the interests of the Sikh Panth when they themselves work to destroy it?

May the Almighty rid us of such traitors! :v :g :v :g :v :g

[Deep Singh]

First rule: Any person who wishes to hold ANY Sikh position should be REQUIRED to keep only the last name of Singh or Kaur.

I AGREE 100%.....

For Sikhs, religion and politics DO go hand in hand, as politics is an extension of the Miri concept. HOWEVER, a Sikh politician should be a Sikh first and embrace Rehat and Gurbani, not be an enemy to it!!! Torha (and Badal) are no where near Sikhs!!!

I agree here too....but as you said we can not find Singhs who are actually more Sikhs/Khalsas than Akalis (politically i mean).....so would not it be better to just divide the two...and do not give any place to such corrupt people....? I know of our great 18th century leader...Nawab Kapur Singh...Jassa Singh...and so on...they are all GREAT Singhs, and also politicians....BUT NOW IT IS ALSO KUREHIT.....

one thing: Ranjit Singh was the ruler of panjab.....he was not a 'sikh leader', however he was a sikh...his policy was not sikh policy...Miri-Piri....but he respected religiou

s leaders...as Akali Phoola Singh who beat the man (Ranjit Singh) for going against Rehit......so religious leader should have some more value, but not the ones now..........