FATEHGARH SAHIB: The Dal Khalsa castigated the recent decision of Akal Takht jathedar Gaini Gurbachan Singh to change the date of martyrdom day of Guru Teg Bahadur from Nov 24 to Dec 10.
Party secretary Kanwar Pal Singh contested the argument given by the jathedar while changing the date of the gurpurab. “In fact, the problem has occurred because Guru Nanak’s gurpurab was still being celebrated as per Bikrami calendar despite the adoption of Nanakshahi calendar. Instead of solving the problem for all times to come by fixing the date of Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary as per Nanakshahi calendar, it’s ironic that the jathedar was upsetting the date of other gurpurab. Calling the decision as arbitrary, he blamed jathedar for making the matter worst.
Pertinently, the jathedar while altering the date has given the argument that “many Sikhs were finding it difficult to make arrangements for two historic dates in their calendar which fellwithin two days of each other”.
The organization made an appeal to the Sikh Diaspora in particular and citizens of India in general to observe the martyrdom day of Guru Teg Bahadur as ‘Human Rights and Religious Freedom’ day on Nov 24.
Asserting that Guru Teg Bahadur was in fact ‘dharam di chadar (cover for religion), he said the guru tasted martyrdom to fight against tyranny and to protect the oppressed class irrespective of their
religion and caste. He said most of the Sikh history has been either written by non-Sikhs or under the influence of ruling elite. He urged the Sikhs to rewrite their history free from outside influence.
Dal Khalsa UK wishes to state along with the above that our so called leaders need to get grips with reality and stop acting as tools for Hindutva India & its plan on destroying the Sikhs.For far too long they have worked in the interests of the Hindu govts in power be it not speaking up for Sikh rights or getting rid of the iconic Nanakshahi Calendar in favour of Sikh Gurpurabs being marked using the old Hindu method.
Its about time the Panth got together and liberated Sri Akal Takht Sahib - and got rid of such Jathedars ,as long as our command and control centre is not free we will face serious challenges from within due to external forces.
