Sikh Bodies Demand Conclave On Nanakshahi Calendar

[sahib singh]

Amritsar, 29 (PTI) Several Sikh organisations today said any attempt

to tamper with the Nanakshahi calendar was unacceptable and

intolerable and demanded a conclave to discuss the issue.

These bodies asked the Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of the

Sikhs, and the SGPC, the apex religious body, to convene a conclave

to discuss proposed amendments in the Nanakshahi calendar.

The Nanakshahi calendar was community's valuable asset and no one had

a right or monopoly to amend or change it, they said in a joint statement here.

The organisations strongly objected to what they alleged attempts to

tamper with the calendar.

These organisations are Dal Khalsa, DSGMC, Shiromani Khalsa

Panchayat, Shiromani Akali dal (Panch Pardani), Sikh Students

Federation, Sikh Youth of Punjab, Akal Federation and Shiromani

Panthic Council.

My View- Others Supporting No Change Needed in Nanakshahi Calendar- Singh Sahib Giani Balwant Singh Nandgarh Jathedar Damdama Sahib, Prof Darshan Singh Khalsa (Ex Jathedar)

[sahib singh]

Sikh religious bodies oppose amendments in Nanakshahi calendar JAGMOHAN SINGH Wednesday, 30 December 2009 AMRITSAR: Various Sikh bodies join hands to call upon the Akal Takht and the SGPC to convene a Sikh conclave to discuss proposed amendments in the Nanakshahi calendar before Akal Takht puts its stamp on it.

Strongly objecting to the move to tamper with the calendar, Sikh bodies Dal Khalsa, Akand Kirtani Jatha, DSGMC, Shiromani Khalsa Panchayat, Shiromani Akali dal (Panch Pardani), Sikh Students Federation, Sikh Youth of Punjab, Akal Federation, Shiromani Panthic Council in a joint statement said the calendar was a valuable asset of the community and no one has a right or monopoly to amend or alter it.

Firing a salvo against the SGPC chief Avtar Singh, leaders including Paramjit Singh Sarna, Manjit Singh Calcutta, Satnam Singh, Kanwarpal Singh, Harpal Singh Cheema, Parmjit Singh Gazi, Rajinder Singh, Gurpreet Singh Mann and Baldev Singh said he along with Jathedar Akal Takht was playing partisan role. They said in lieu of votes, the SAD leadership was hell bent to hurt the collective sentiments of the Sikhs. Taking tough stand against SGPC head for buckling under pressure from his political mentors, they said tampering with the calendar was unacceptable and intolerable.

The leaders warned the SGPC for going against the wishes and aspirations of the community.

However various foreign based Sikh religious bodies Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, American Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Sikh Youth of America, Sikh Federation of Germany, Switzerland, Australia & Canada, Dashmesh Darbar Surrey, Voices for Freedom, Khalistan Affairs Centre too have voiced their concern against the proposed changes, added in release.

[Sarbat da Pala]

Please read this here What those ppl are doing

http://www.mediapunjab.com/20091230/mal-news1.html

[BhForce]

How many people in the demonstration actually understand the intricacies and issues involved in calendar-making?

Our people have been brainwashed to think that a calendar is going to give them a separate identity, whereas in fact, in daily life they act just like the average non-Sikh.

[Matheen]

Our people have been brainwashed to think that a calendar is going to give them a separate identity, whereas in fact, in daily life they act just like the average non-Sikh.

True - they wear Western clothes, will do anything to leave Punjab for the West, use the Western calander in day to day life, yet they think a poorly thought out, random calander is going to help give us an identity. If Guru Ji saw a fault with the bikrami calander, they would have given us a new one themselves.