Every Devout Sikh Has A Right To Defend The Suspects In Vienna Shoot-out: Dal Khalsa‏

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Hoshiarpur, August 4

The Dal Khalsa hits out at Punjab chief minister and his son for playing into the hands of those who have scant respect for Guru Granth Sahib.

Endorsing the stand of the DSGMC president P S Sarna for providing all possible legal assistance to the suspects in the case pertaining to the attack on leaders of the Dera Sachkhand Ballan sect in Vienna, the president of the Sikh radical group H S Dhami said as a Sikh, he (Sarna) or for that matter any devout Sikh has a full right to defend and stand by those who volunteer to make supreme sacrifices for defending the tenets and ideals of Sikhism.

He detested the media reports that Ravidassias had drifted away from Sikhism. "It’s the management and followers of Dera Ballan sect alone that subscribe to the idea of removing the saroops of Guru Granth Sahib from their religious places,” he pointed out.

To drive his point home, he said there were many Ravidassias in their organization that revered Granth Sahib as their ‘Guru’ and fully adhere to the teachings and philosophy of Ten Gurus.

With the help of state's machinery, the forces of Brahmanism combine with the followers of Dera Ballan were trying to pit the Sikhs against the followers of Bhagat Ravidassji to weaken the strength of Sikhism.

Taking a dig at Akal Takht jathedar and SGPC president for siding with those who have shown disrespect to Guru Granth Sahib (Read Dera Ballan), he said both of them should seek pardon from the Guru Panth by offering Ardas at Akal Takht voluntarily. He alleged that both had failed in discharging their rightful duty to protect the tenets and principles of Sikhism. Bowing before the dictates of their political masters, he said, both had lowered the prestige of the institutions they have been serving.