Dal Khalsa criticises Akal Takht Jathedar

Hoshiarpur, Punjab: The Dal Khalsa today criticised the Akal Takht chief for creating confusion over the birth anniversary of the Tenth Guru. As per the amended Nanakshahi calendar, the anniversary falls on Jauary 7, 2015. Party spokespersons Kanwar Pal Singh, Dr Manjinder Singh and Ranbir Singh said instead of bringing about oneness, Jathedar Gurbachan Singh had created divisions in the Panth.

According to the Nanakshahi calendar introduced on March 14, 2003, Guru Gobind Singh’s Gurpurb falls on January 5. They appealed to the Jathedar to revert to the original calendar to end divisions within the Panth and not become a part of SAD’s “divisive” politics.

On BJP leaders criticising Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, they said: “The Badals don’t deserve any sympathy. They ditched the Sikhs to capture power, that too at the cost of Sikh interests and aspirations”.

Urging the Sikhs not to associate themselves with the RSS and its offshoots, the Dal Khalsa leaders said on assuming power at the Centre, “they have changed their strategy, surcharged the atmosphere with their fanatic ideology and adopted power politics to fulfil their agenda of making India a Hindu nation. They said the RSS-BJP were hell-bent on making inroads into Sikh-dominated areas.

Source: HT