UK Sikhs Address Concern over Recent Ravidasia Community Protest

Friday 19th of June 2009

Dal Khalsa UK with contributions by the Panthic Weekly Staff

In an email sent to different media outlets, the Dal Khalsa organisation based in UK expressed the following concerns regarding the recently held protest by the Ravidasia Community in UK:

1. The rally called for the ban of the Kirpan which is direct attack on the Sikh Faith, with the Kirpan being an article of Faith it is unacceptable and we condemn those who carried banners asking for the ban on the Kirpan and banners such as ' Sant Ramanand killed by Control Freak Sikhs'.
   
2. This randomly held protest, exactly a week after Sikhs marked the 25th Anniversary of the Sikh Genocide in Central London in a rally attended by tens of thousands of Sikhs from across Britain, was deliberately staged in order to defame Sikhs who at the same place a week earlier had shown to the World the Terrorism India had carried out on its minorities.
   
3. This rally was held to defame the Sikhs in the public eye and show them as terrorists, secondly it was held to ignite violence between Sikhs and those of the Ravidassia community in the UK. Although we do not hold members of the Ravidassia community for being anti Sikh we wish to state that within the structure of the community they have been infiltrated by Indian agencies who direct leaders and instruct them on what to say and do.
   
4. The agents responsible for the protest have links with the Hindu Forum UK , Hindu Council, and the HSS the UK branch of the RSS. We believe these groups the Hindu Forum UK, Hindu Council and HSS amongst other groups and shady figures of the Indian Agencies got this protest arranged with one aim - to destroy the Sikh image, to disrupt and take attention away from the 25th anniversary of 1984, and to cause internal divisions within the Sikh Community through the issue of the Caste System.
   
5. The protest was allowed to take place in parts of Hyde Park where normally one cannot protest, along with protestors being allowed to protest right across the pavement outside India House in London. Where as the Sikh protests which are held in August are only given a small section amongst a heavy Police presence, this clearly shows that India House (Agencies) had a hand in the protest as if it was any other protest complaints would have been made to the Police.

In addition, the Panthic Weekly would like to assert the following points:

1. While the protest called for a ban on the kirpan, it should be noted that most Granthi sevadars at Ravidasia Gurdwaras have to be amritthari. If the UK based pro-Hindutva group which organized this protest seeks a ban on the kirpan, would it also require the Granthi sevadars employed by Ravidas Sabha across the world to also shun their kirpans?
2. By far, the Ravidas community associates itself with the Sikh religion. The protest in UK was the first example where the members of this community shun Sikhi as their religion. This is contrary from any other incident in the past.
3. It should be noted that even outside India, the Ravidasia community celebrates its events along with the Sikh brotherhood. Their floats can be seen eminently at various nagar kirtans organized throughout the world.
4. The Hindutva group become successful in removing parkash of Guru Granth Sahib from the program held to mark the funeral of Ramanand. However in past, Ravidasia Sikhs observe all their events at Gurdwaras with parkash of Guru Granth Sahib. Prior to the recent propaganda, such feelings of hatred were never expressed by the Ravidasia community.
5. Although the ardas of the Ravidas community has been modified, majority of it is the same as the ardas read at any other Gurdwara Sahib.

If in past, the Ravidas Community has shared so many similarities with the mainstream Sikh religion, what gives a small group of infiltrators based in UK to divide the followers of Bhagat Ravidas Ji from the mainstream Sikhs?

Dal Khalsa wishes to state that it holds the Hindu Forum UK led by Ramesh Khallidai, Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh(HSS),India House - Embassy along with Indian Agencies respobsible for the Anti Sikh Rally held by the so called Ravidassia community in London last week.

The rally called for the ban of the Kirpan which is an attack on the Sikh Faith ,with the Kirpan being an article of Faith it is unacceptable and we condemn those who carried banners asking for the ban on the Kirpan and banners such as ' Sant Ramanand killed by Control Freak Sikhs'.

We believe this random protest exactly a week after Sikhs marked the 25th Anniversary of the Sikh Genocide in Central London in a rally attended by tens of thousands of Sikhs from across Britian,was deliberatley staged in order to defame Sikhs who at the same place a week earlier had shown to the World the Terrorism India had carried out on its minorities.

This rally was held 1st to defame Sikhs in the Public eye and show them as terrorists,secondly it was held to ignite violence between Sikhs and those of the Ravidassia community in the UK.Although we do not hold members of the Ravidassia community for being anti Sikh we wish to state that within the structure of the community they have been infiltrated by Indian agencies who direct leaders and instruct them on what to say and do.

These Agents in turn have links to the Hindu Forum UK ,Hindu Council,and the HSS the UK branch of the RSS.We believe these groups the Hindu Foum UK,Hindu Council and HSS amongst other groups and shady figures of the Indian Agencies got this protest arranged with one aim - to destroy the Sikh image,to disrput and take attention away from the 25th anniversary of 1984,and to cause internal divisons within the Sikh Community through the issue of the Caste System.

As was pointed out ealier on the SikhSangat forum the protest was allowed to take place in parts of Hyde Park where normally one cannot protest,along with protestors being allowed to protest right across the pavement outside India House in London.Where as the Sikh Protests which are held in August are only given a small section amongst a heavy Police Presence,this clearly shows that India House(Agencies) had a hand in the protest as if it was any other protest complaints would have been made to the Police.

The full story of Vienna has not come out and we would not like to comment on it further but would like to say this is turning in to a Conspiracy by the Indian Govt and its forces across the World to destroy the Sikh Nation internally at a time where we should be refelecting on which direction to take next.Only the other day a man was shooting at Police in Austria who they claim is a Sikh and was caught with around 30+ firearms,could this be an Indian Agent?Where as most Sikhs go to Europe to work we do not see how they could have aquired so many fire arms,and why would they fire at Police?

We urge you to all remain United in the face of conspiracies by India against the Sikhs particulary those living in the UK,who have shown to the World on June 7th that they will carry their fight of Freedom forward.The aim is to disrupt the Sikh Nations peace outside Panjab through caste lines where they will use opposing voices to stir up the community to destory itself from inside,they have already partially accomplished this aim in the Panjab lets stop them from achieveing it elsewhere.



Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh