CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today strongly urged the Centre and State governments in the country to stop “the unholy and greedy acts and tendencies to interfere in Sikh religious affairs and to usurp the control of Sikh institutions and shrines, including the sacred Takhats of the Khalsa Panth at Huzoor Sahib and Patna sahib. “ Acts like snatching control of DSGMC from Sikh Sangat through intrigues and forcibly splitting of SGPC by setting up a separate body in Haryana are not the right way to pay homage to the great Guru Sahib who made the ultimate sacrifice against religious interference and repression. “
A resolution passed at a special meeting of the Core Committee at the party headquarters here this afternoon said, ” Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib made the supreme and unparalleled sacrifice to stop governmental interference in and repression against the religious beliefs, practices and affairs of other religions. It’s a great irony that the governments at the centre and in Maharashtra, Bihar and Haryana have been carrying out the same sin of religious interference and repression against which the great Guru sacrificed his life. It is unbelievable that governments today are following the same Aurangzeb’s mindset in Guru sahib’s own country and against people who follow the great Guru sahib’s faith.”
The meeting was presided over by the SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal.