Badal blasts Uttarakhand Government for Arrests

[Azaad]

Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today condemned the Uttarakhand Government for preventing a Sikh jatha from entering Gurdwara Gyan Goddari at Haridwar and arresting its members at the state border yesterday.

He also lashed out at the Congress for its “old habit” of interfering in the religious affairs of the Sikhs.

“On the one hand, the Congress government in Delhi is doing injustice to the Sikhs by not conducting the Delhi Gurdwara Sikh Management Committee elections, on the other the Congress government in Uttarakhand has hurt the sentiments of the Sikhs by arresting devotees,” said Badal, who is on a two-day “sangat darshan” tour of his Lambi Assembly constituency.

He further said the religious sentiments of all sects must be respected, as the Constitution advocated adopting a secular approach.

On the threats made by Pakistan fundamentalists after Ajmal Kasab’s execution, Badal said the state government had made necessary security arrangements and there was no threat to peace in the state.

[Unbreakable]

he probably called them up and gave them the green light to stop them.

[Azaad]

Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) has condemned the arrest of the members of the Sikh jatha that was on its way to pay obeisance at the site of the demolished Gurdwara Gyan Godhri near Har-ki-Pauri in Haridwar. SGPC chief Avtar Singh Makkar said, here today, that every person had the right to observe his religious rights. The arrest of the Sikh youths who were peacefully proceeding towards the historic shrine was highly condemnable.

Makkar said that the people as well as the state government had not denied that Guru Nanak Dev, the first Sikh Guru, had visited the place at Har-ki-Pauri where a gurdwara was established around 450 years ago. He said that their main demand was that the shrine be rebuilt keeping in view the sentiments of the Sikhs living there.

The SGPC chief said that he would soon seek an appointment with Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna to resolve the issue. He said he would also involve the local community leaders including local MLA Harbhajan Singh Cheema in the talks so that the shrine could be rebuilt as early as possible.

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alot of politics at play here.

Sikhs be alert, on the face of it, they will give you what you demand, but covertly they don't do this with good intentions...

The roadmap to silence the sikhs forever...

[singh135]

True say unbreakable

[N30S1NGH]

Yes we should be vigilant being played from both sides. But you also need to man up and give credit where its due. Badal was right in this instance slamming gov't officials from UP for doing this. I think in this instance, we should back him fully.

Sikhs abroad and arm chair critics need to realize in India when it comes to politicians there is no good and bad options, there is only bad and worst..!!! with that perception and level of expectations in your mind- you need to decide which one does maximum damage to sikhs? Without any question, congress are worst than badal who is bad when it comes to sikhs interest!!...so lets be smart- lets give credit where its due and play proxy journalism/political activism war if we have to..!!

[Unbreakable]

Yes we should be vigilant being played from both sides. But you also need to man up and give credit where its due. Badal was right in this instance slamming gov't officials from UP for doing this. I think in this instance, we should back him fully.

Give credit to Badal, What planet are you on? But then again he did get his mate Joginder Singh Vedanti to pardon Santa Singh and take in the Udasis as Sikhs. So its all good isn't it Brother. Kudos to Mr Parkash SINGH "Badal" Dhillon - Fukir-e-Kaum....

You can back him all you like, infact join his party and donate your money to him.

It was simranjit singh maan who won a court case in India which allowed the Sikhs to freely to demand Khalistan, This was opposed by Badal and of course the jathedhars and various sikh organisations were meditating as usual.

Sikhs abroad and arm chair critics need to realize in India when it comes to politicians there is no good and bad options, there is only bad and worst..!!! with that perception and level of expectations in your mind- you need to decide which one does maximum damage to sikhs? Without any question, congress are worst than badal who is bad when it comes to sikhs interest!!...so lets be smart- lets give credit where its due and play proxy journalism/political activism war if we have to..!!

Arm Chair Critics, thats condescending remark from you brother, expected better of you. So do we stop commenting now? Do I have to catch a flight to India and make a comment from there?

No credit due here i'm afraid

[Singh, Mahan]

Not only Badal, but Makkar too made a similar statement. It would be nice if they follow it up this time. The issue of Gurdwara Gian Goddree has been raised by Gurcharan Singh Babbar many times before with Jathedar Akal Takht , SGPC and DSGMC but none of them has taken the issue seriously with the Uttarakhand Government . Now it is a Congress Party government in Uttrakhand. So, Badal , Makkar and Akal takht all are issuing these statements. Even last year (in year 2011) a large group which included the same people (Gurbachan Singh Babar lead by Baljeet Singh Dadduwal,) also tried to enter Uttarakhand through UP but stopped and arrested taken back and released in Punjab. Then the government in Uttarakhand was of BJP party. There were no such statements by Badal, Makkar, or the Jathedar of Akal Takht. Gurbachan Singh Babbar brought up this issue many times during the time when the government in Punjab was of Badal-BJP and the Uttarakhand government was BJP. But nothing happened- not even any statement.

So let us not get too carried away thinking Badal or Makkar is

[N30S1NGH]

Arm Chair Critics, thats condescending remark from you brother, expected better of you. So do we stop commenting now? Do I have to catch a flight to India and make a comment from there?

No credit due here i'm afraid

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Veer it wasn't directed at you personally but "arm chair" remark comes from general perception of badal here. Fine he is cancer to sikhi, no one is disputing that bro as i said earlier one has to pick bad from worst, you won't find good politician in India..!!

I mean who are we kidding? In the past, didn't we use pakistan/ISI help(weapon supply) with our freedom movement against Indira ravan sena during 1980? You think ISI really felt pitty for sikhs and gave them weapons? No ISI is full of fanatics who oppress hindus and sikhs in pakistan. Khalsa fauj knew their ulterior motives, but they still took their game of proxy war...sometimes you gotta look at the bigger picture..wake up to reality guys, in real life its called proxy war...either use proxy technique like we did around 1980's or get crushed..its as simple as that...!!

[chatanga]

Sikhs abroad and arm chair critics need to realize in India when it comes to politicians there is no good and bad options, there is only bad and worst..!!!

lol. but you are right, to get this gurdwara reconstructed it is a massive boost when it is backed by ruling political party(s).