AMRITSAR: Sikhs religion is not a separate community as it was a part of Hinduism says president of SAD (Master Tara Singh) Rashpal Singh.
Addressing the press conference here on Friday, octogenarian Rashpal Singh who is president of his party for the last three decades said, “It would be wrong to say that Sikh community was not the part of Hindu religion; since our ancestors were basically Hindu and after being inspired from Sikh religion they adopted Sikh religion with letter and sprit.
Launching scathing attack on Sikh religious leader who were describing the Sikh religion as separate community, he said that this act would stop large number of people from Hindu community to remain in Sikh fold.
Negating the stand of Akal Takht which number of times had described the Sikh religion as separate community, he said that number of times jatehdar Akal Takht had took wrong decisions which costs heavy to community and discourage the people of other community to come in Sikh fold.
Decrying the stand of SGPC which demanding to snatch the right of non Sikhs to voting right in SGPC election, he said that it was a communal thought.
Rashpal Singh said that non Sikhs should be extended full right to caste their vote in SGPC election so that maximum people from other community could join and follow the Sikh religion.
Singh said that SGPC vehemently discouraging the non Sikhs to adopt Sikh religion and this act of SGPC was not good enough.
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Hinduism is a federation of religions whereas Sikhism has emerged in more recent times as a reformative branch of Hinduism against a number of evils & superstitions.Sikh Gurus ideals sought to bridge the gap among the people of various faiths.Guru Tegh Bahadur sacrificed his life for the Hindu's sacred thread(Janeau),Guru Har Rai came to the rescue of Dara Shikoh because he was a right minded & God fearing person.Guru Arjan Dev had earlier supported Khusrau inviting Jahangir's annoyance & vindictiveness.Guru Nanak was the apostle of Hindu & Unity.One of his public utterances was his declaration that there is no Hindu,no Muslim!
The central principal of Sikhism philosophy was that there is to be no distinction between man & man.Guru's message of truth,tolerance,equality & brotherhood of man reverberates eternally throughout the corridors of time.The catholicity & universality of Sikh Guru's teachings make them directly relevant for the self-ridden world of today.
Believing in the same spirit; I,too ,believe that non Sikhs should also be given right to vote in SGPC elections!!
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