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Clarion
Call to Concerned Sikhs
Stand up on the Sehajdhari issue, before it is too late
Nanak Singh Nishter
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Perturbed
over the stand taken by the SGPC in obfuscating the main issue
of definition of Sikh in the Punjab and Haryana High Court,
Nanak Singh Nishter calls upon Sikhs to join issue with the SGPC
in court, before it is too late. |
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Dear Bhai Sahib
Wahguru Ji Ka
Khalsa, Wahguru Ji Ki Fateh
I write to you
with the hope that you would be agitated about the latest stand of
the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee with regards to the
definition of Sehajdhari Sikhs as submitted in the
Punjab
and Haryana High Court.
There is no
doubt left in anybody’s mind that the SGPC's affidavit describing
the Sehajdhari Sikhs against the resolutions of its own expert panel
and of its 1938 resolution is gross betrayal and back stabbing by
the SGPC leadership.
The Sikhs of
Bengal and from several other cities are making hue and cry against
the false affidavit filed by the SGPC. A member of the SGPC
constituted experts panel, Gurcharanjit Singh Lamba has exposed the
conspiracy and made this issue open for the public debate. B. S.
Goraya has given a list of its misdeeds and anti-Sikh behavior all
these years.
Now that the
entire game is in the open, the main question before us is: Will all
these protests enable us to repair the potential damage? Is there a
solution? If yes, what?
As the matter is
before the
Punjab
and Haryana High Court, all concerned Sikhs have the golden chance
to file amicus curie petitions and also file PILs against the false
affidavit of SGPC. The procedure is simple and sure shot. It is
beyond doubt that the contents of the affidavit are false and
misleading. The signatory of such an affidavit is liable for seven
years imprisonment.
It is my firm
belief that there should be no delay in this. It is only when one
or more such PILs are filed that the SGPC will wake up and are
cautious in future, otherwise they will continue their mischief and
conspiratorial functioning by design and default. In response to
the petitions, in order to save their skins, they will be compelled
to withdraw their stand and pseudo explanation in the Sehajdhari
definition case.
All Sikhs, who
reside in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, which is the
territorial limit of the Sikh Gurdwara Act, 1925, can file a PIL as
an aggrieved party, as this step by the SGPC has compromised Sikh
interests, which it is supposed to protect under the Act. The SGPC
members from Haryana who are agitating against the SGPC may take a
lead on this issue to demonstrate their seriousness about handling
Panthic issues.
There is no
point in regretting, fuming and fretting. It is time to act, and the
time is now. Let someone stand up to set things right, well in
time.
Tareeq
ki aakhon ne yeh dour bhi dekha hai.
Lamhon ne khata ki aur sadeeyon ne saza payee.
History has seen
the periods, where centuries have been punished for the wrong doing
of the moments.
Sevadar
Nanak Singh
Nishter
Hyderabad
Email:
nanaksinghnishter@yahoo.com
19 December
2008
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