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Don't meddle in Sikh affairs, Akali Dal warns Congress
Sunday November 11, 2012 07:32:04 PM,
IANS
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Chandigarh: The ruling Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab here Sunday warned the Congress
against meddling in the religious affairs of Sikhs.
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, who is also the patron
of the Akali Dal, said: "The Akali Dal would not tolerate any
interference by the Congress party in the religious affairs of the
Sikhs."
Talking to the media in Rakhra village of Patiala district, 100 km
from here, Badal said the amending of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Act
by the Congress government in New Delhi showed that the Congress
was meddling in the religious affairs of the Sikhs, "thereby
inciting their religious passions, which could never be
tolerated".
He said that this was not first such instance of the Congress
hurting the religious sentiments of the Sikhs.
Badal alleged that the sole aim of Congress leadership behind the
amendment was to extend benefits to Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management
Committee (DSGMC) chief Paramjeet Singh Sarna and his coterie, who
were working at the Congress leadership's behest to weaken the
religion.
Badal said that the government's move to delay the Delhi Gurdwara
elections was a "well calculated conspiracy" in the guise of the
amendment bill "so that Sarna and his coterie could cling to their
posts".
The chief minister said he had already met Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh and Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde and had sought their
intervention to stop the central government from proceeding to
amend the bill.
The Akali Dal holds indirect control of Sikh religious affairs in
Punjab through the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC),
the mini-parliament of Sikhs, which manages all gurdwaras in
Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.
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