AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee has postponed the issue of installing the picture of former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in the Central Sikh Museum for the time being to reconsider it.
Giving information in this regard, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee Secretary Pratap Singh said that the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee's in-house committee meeting held recently had decided to install Dr. Manmohan Singh's picturure in the Central Sikh Museum, on which objections were raised by various parties, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee President Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami has ordered to keep the matter postponed for the time being.
He said that the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee respects the sentiments of the Sikh community and it is necessary to form a common opinion among the Sikhs regarding this matter.
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee Secretary said that the decision of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee to install the picture will be reconsidered in the in-house committee.
Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana, detained in the Central Jail Patiala, has written a letter to the President of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami, opposing the installation of the portrait of former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in the Central Sikh Museum.
In the letter, Bhai Rajoana asked Advocate Dhami what inspiration we and the next generations get from the life of Dr. Manmohan Singh. He said what Dr. Manmohan Singh has done for the Khalsa Panth. He remained the guardian of the Gandhi family throughout his life, which attacked Sri Akal Takht Sahib, carried out the genocide of Sikhs in Delhi and all over India in 1984, and shared stages with the murderers of Sikhs, Sajan Kumar and Jagdish Tytler.
He appealed to Advocate Dhami to reconsider his decision. He wrote that becoming the Prime Minister is his achievement and if his picture is displayed, then tomorrow there will be a demand to display Beant Singh's picture in the Central Sikh Museum.
He also objected to the silence of the Panthic leadership on this matter. He wrote that only those personalities whose lives inspire future generations should be displayed in the Central Sikh Museum.