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Sant Bhindranwale's birth anniversary observed
WSN Network

Fatehgarh Sahib: Various panthic outfits in Punjab marked the 63rd birth anniversary of Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale with the ruling Akali Dal and the SGPC maintaining distance and silence on the event, something they have done for decades now. SAD (A) president Simranjit Singh Mann said Bhindranwale laid his life for Sikhism.

“We now have the right to speak for a separate state, Khalistan. It is not a crime to speak about Khalistan or to distribute advertisement material demanding a separate nation,” Mann said.Except for some dogged efforts of Sikh intellectuals, the Punjab polity has been so depoliticised that rational and engaged debate about the painful past is completely missing from all dialogue and the only shrill talk that is heard has to do with how to strengthen the Badal family. Occasions like Sant Bhindranwale's birth anniversary that could become legitimate discussion forums are strongly discouraged, but panthic organizations have been keeping the flag flying in the face of all odds.

17 February 2010
 

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