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Tribune News Service

Amritsar, November 18

Sikh Sadbhawna Dal, which contested the SGPC for its alleged leniency in missing Guru Granth Sahib ‘saroops’, has given a call to the Sikh community to gather on December 6 at the Heritage Street leading to the Golden Temple.

The organisation’s head Baldev Singh Wadala said the Akal Takht and the SGPC under the influence of Badal clan have been brushing aside the missing saroops’ issue, whereas the Sikh community has all rights to know the whereabouts of the 328 saroops and on whose instance the holy scriptures were issued in an unauthorised manner.

“We have been staging a protest on the Heritage Street for a fortnight and call the Sikh panth to join our protest, so that Capt Amarinder-led state government wakes up from its deep slumber. We will intensify our agitation ahead,” he said.

Dal Khalsa slams SGPC functioning

On the other hand, the Dal Khalsa took a jibe at Akal Takht officiating Jathedar’s directions to the SAD to adopt ‘Panthic’ path.

Dal Khalsa president Harpal Singh Cheema said the Jathedar has candidly admitted that the SAD, led by Sukhbir Singh Badal, was not ‘Panthic’ as of now when he advised them to begin their journey from Punjab to Panth.

He said the entire show at 100 years’ celebrations of the SGPC was captured by the Badal faction entirely giving a miss to splinter Akali groups. As per the Jathedar’s version, the Akali Dal led by the Badals is the son of the SGPC, but he remained silent on splinter Akali factions. “At least the Jathedar should have acknowledged that they, too, are the sons of SGPC, so what if they are foster sons,” he said.

Analysing the performance of the present house of the SGPC since 2011, he said the mushrooming of heretical cults, pardoning of dera head, inept handling of sacrilege cases and 328 missing saroops have eclipsed the institution.