Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Akal Takht Asks Navjot Sidhu to Apologize For Hurting Sikh Sentiments

           

The Akal Takht Sahib, the highest Sikh temporal seat, today asked cricketer turned politician and Congress MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu to apologize for wearing a shawl carrying Sikh religious symbols. This act has hurt the Sikh sentiments, the Takht Sahib cited.

Courting a controversy, he appeared at a public event on December 27 in a shawl carrying Sikh religious symbols Sandhawala village in Jalandhar district. He shared a video of his visit and interaction with residents of the village, wherein he is wearing a Magenta shawl carrying ‘Ik Onkar’ and ‘Khanda’ embedded on it.

Soon after, social media was flooded with messages, condemning his act. Despite the objections raised by the members of Sikh community, he again shared his pictures which show him in the same shawl. Today, the Sikh activists led by Paramjit Singh Akali lodged a complaint to the highest Sikh temporal seat.

The Sikh activists demanded stringent action against the Congress MLA from Amritsar east. “What he has done is the sacrilege of gurbani,” said Akali.

Acting on the complaint, Giani Harpreet Singh, SGPC-appointed acting jathedar of Akal Takht Sahib, said, “This act of Navjot Singh Sidhu is very unfortunate. Being a Sikh, he should have known that this is against the Sikh maryada. He has hurt the Sikh sentiments by doing so. This is a condemnable act and he should apologize to the Sikh community for his blunder”.   

SGPC general secretary advocate Bhagwant Singh Sialka said, “This is very unfortunate. He is known for such acts. ‘Ik Onkar’ cannot be printed on a cloth meant for wearing. We shall urge Akal Takht jathedar to summon Sidhu to the Takht. Sidhu knows the sacred nature of this symbol, but he is deliberately committing these mischievous acts. He will have to pay for it.”

https://www.sikh24.com/2020/12/29/akal-takht-asks-navjot-sidhu-to-apologize-for-hurting-sikh-sentiments/#.X_SpDFUzbIV

 

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