Punjab: Talk peace, not violence, Warring tells Akal Takht Jathedar Harpreet Singh

CHANDIGARH: Lashing out at Akal Takht Jathedar Harpreet Singh for his call for providing arms training to the Sikh youth, Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring said that Jahthedar’s fascination for weaponising Sikhs goes beyond the rationale of peaceful coexistence. “I wonder what message he is trying to give to the world in general and the Sikh community in particular”, the PCC president said in a statement. He further asked him, “ Are you advocating training of weapons for all or only Sikhs and won’t it breed insecurity and mistrust amongst the rest?”
Asserting that this will do no good to Punjab, the PCC president said the suggestion for training Sikh youth could not have come at the wrong time as Punjab was still mourning the death of prominent singer Sidhu Moose Wala, who fell to the bullets of criminals at a young age of 28. “Your ill-advised call for weapons training could not have come at a wrong time as when Punjab is still grieving the loss of its illustrious son Moose Wala, you are asking for arms training”, he said. Warring urged him that instead of preaching arms training, he should spread the message of peace that the Sikh religion teaches and not the violence as training youth in using modern arms can lead to violence. “What is the purpose of such training?”, he asked.