The announcement by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann Sunday that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in the state would introduce an amendment in the Sikh Gurdwara Act 1925 to free the live telecast rights of Gurbani from Golden Temple has sparked a political slugfest in Punjab with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) terming it a direct “government attack” on the Khalsa Panth and Sikh gurdwaras.
The Congress leadership too is divided in its reaction, with former Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu hailing Mann for the move but the party’s Bholath MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira hitting out at the AAP government and calling it a “sad day”. BJP national executive member Sunil Jakhar condemned Mann, accusing the CM of “interfering in religious affairs of Sikhs to settle political scores”.
“Sarb Sanjhi Gurbaani” … means for one and all with no discrimination … this was a cherished desires of millions of sikhs across the globe including me…commendable effort @BhagwantMann … Kudos !!,” Sidhu tweeted Sunday, attaching a news clipping dating back to 2017 where he had demanded that the live telecast rights of Gurbani should be given to all TV channels and not one particular channel. Sidhu was then the minister for Local Bodies, Tourism and Cultural Affairs.
MLA Khaira, in a tweet on Monday morning, said, “What a sad day for Sikhs as a government of @BhagwantMann consisting of no Amritdhari Sikh (Baptized) and run from Delhi by leaders like @ArvindKejriwal who himself claims to be an ardent follower of RSS ideology will now decide the fate of a martial community of Sikhs and their religious affairs (Sikh Gurudwara Act 1925) that our forefathers achieved after immense bloodshed and glorious sacrifices! I hope sense prevails on this breed of fake revolutionaries!”
In a tweet in Punjabi, SAD president Sukhbir Badal condemned the proposed move and said it was the “first dangerous step towards snatching away right of ‘Gurbani parchar’ from ‘Sikh sangat’ and put the gurdwaras under the government control.”
“This decision has come as a reminiscent of excesses committed by the Mughals, the British and [slain PM] Indira Gandhi, but Khalsa Panth will give a befitting reply to this,” he added.
“The announcement made by Bhagwant Mann relating to telecast of Gurbani is not merely a direct attack on gurdwaras of Khalsa Panth, but on Sikh community also.”
Tweeting in Punjabi, Sunil Jakhar cautioned Mann that gurdwaras are meant to pay obeisance, and not to pick a confrontation. “I am of the view that there should not be monopoly over telecast of Gurbani, but it is highly condemnable the way you are interfering in Sikh religious affairs to settle political scores and I strongly oppose the move to amend Gurdwara Act (Which is not even in the domain of State’s right),” he said.
https://careers.cew.org/profile/fix-electronic-material/1785817/
https://careers.massbio.org/profile/chip-underfill-fix-electronic-material/1785817/
https://jobs.irrigation.org/profile/epoxy-based-chip-underfill-fix-electronic-material/1785817/
https://shows.acast.com/benefits-of-using-epoxy-based-chip-underfill/about
https://www.zillow.com/profile/himaw22649
https://bodyspace.bodybuilding.com/about-me/easterreyes
No comments:
Post a Comment