Close X
Thursday, November 7, 2024
ADVT 
India

Badal Opposes BJP Legislator As Takht Hazoor Sahib Head

Darpan News Desk IANS, 04 Apr, 2015 01:43 PM
    Just a day before his Maharashtra counterpart Devendra Fadnavis is likely to visit Punjab, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Saturday shot off a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi opposing the "imposition" of a BJP legislator in Maharashtra as head of the managing board of Takht Hazoor Sahib, one of the five high seats of Sikh religion.
     
    Terming the appointment of Bharatiya Janata Party legislator Tara Singh, a Sikh, as the chief of the Takht management board as a step in violation of the 'Sikh Maryada' (religious code of conduct) and a direct interference in Sikh religious affairs, Badal urged Modi to intervene in the matter.
     
    In his letter to Modi, Badal said that the move of the Maharashtra government was in complete violation of Sikh religious code and would hurt their religious sentiments, as there was no precedent of a non-baptised person heading the managing board of an important Sikh shrine.
     
    The shrine is located in Nanded in Maharashtra and is associated with the tenth Sikh guru, Guru Gobind Singh.
     
    Badal urged Modi to direct the Maharashtra government to review and completely reverse its decision.
     
    "This was a completely avoidable provocation that could have a bearing on the precious ideals of communal harmony in the country," Badal warned in his letter, adding that only a baptised Sikh could hold the position.
     
    "It was unthinkable for the Sikh masses to see a non-baptised person heading a holy religious Takht of their community," Badal added.
     
    He said that the present development was "an off-shoot of the decision of the previous Congress government in Maharashtra to drastically reduce the representation of the supreme Sikh religious parliament, the SGPC (Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee), and the iconic Sikh heritage body, the Chief Khalsa Diwan, on the historic Takht Sri Hazoor Sahib".

    MORE India ARTICLES

    BSF recovers heroin near India-Pakistan border at Gurdaspur

    BSF recovers heroin near India-Pakistan border at Gurdaspur
    Border Security Force (BSF) troopers have recovered seven kg of heroin along the India-Pakistan border in the Gurdaspur sector, a BSF spokesman said here Sunday....

    BSF recovers heroin near India-Pakistan border at Gurdaspur

    Haryana's first BJP chief minister sworn-in

    Haryana's first BJP chief minister sworn-in
    BJP leader Manohar Lal Khattar was Sunday sworn-in as the chief minister of Haryana. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior party leaders...

    Haryana's first BJP chief minister sworn-in

    Punjab launches scheme for water-logged areas

    Punjab launches scheme for water-logged areas
    Starting with two villages in the worst affected district of Muktsar, the Punjab government Saturday launched a scheme for develpment of infrastructure in these villages....

    Punjab launches scheme for water-logged areas

    Modi's success makes BJP a one-man party

    Modi's success makes BJP a one-man party
    Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is taking its time to select its chief minister for Maharashtra, Narendra Modi is leaving his distinctive mark on political and other fields.....

    Modi's success makes BJP a one-man party

    Five-phase polls in Kashmir, Jharkhand; results Dec 23

    Five-phase polls in Kashmir, Jharkhand; results Dec 23
    Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand will be held in five phases beginning Nov 25 and ending Dec 20. By-elections to three Delhi assembly...

    Five-phase polls in Kashmir, Jharkhand; results Dec 23

    Modi breaks ice with media, poses for selfies

    Modi breaks ice with media, poses for selfies
    Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday broke the ice when he met journalists, shook hands with them and smiled for selfies...

    Modi breaks ice with media, poses for selfies