Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh shrugs off invitation to Ayodhya bhoomi pujan.The invitation, sent by the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, was delivered by the Rashtriya Sikh Sangat, the Sikh wing of pro-Hindutva organisation, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Monday afternoon.
When asked if he would be attending the event on August 5, the jathedar said, “I have not read this invitation.” When told that the contents of the invitation had been published in the newspapers, he said, “I have not read the newspapers.”
Many are seeing his response as an indication that he won’t go to the event.
Rashtriya Sikh Sangat general secretary Sandeep Singh,
who delivered the invite, said, “Though we gave the invite on Monday, our
national president had sent it to him on Whatsapp two or three days ago. We can
only request his presence. It’s up to him to attend or not,” he added.
Notably, the trust planned to ensure the presence of
jathedars of all five Sikh Takhts at the event. However, there is no
possibility of attendance of the jathedars as a considerable section of the
Sikh community is against it.
