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Badal set to make Haryana's move on SGPC a major issue
WSN Bureau

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has made up his mind to make a major issue out of the separate SGPC for Haryana and will be writing a strongly worded letter to UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi as well as PM Manmohan Singh warning them to desist from the move or be prepared to face the consequences in Punjab.

Top sources of WSN said a decision has been taken in principle to make this one of the core issues in the upcoming Parliamentary elections. As it is, Badal has already issued media statements warning the Union Government and Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh against meddling in Sikh affairs, particularly on disbanding the SGPC in Haryana.

The Centre should calm frayed nerves in Jammu and Kashmir, which has been on the boil for so many years, he said.

Sources said the letters to Sonia and Manmohan Singh will have references to Master Tara Singh-Nehru-Liaqat Ali Khan pact and will include a warning that the Haryana move was being allegedly instigated by Paramjit Singh Sarna and Amarinder Singh and will drive once again a wedge between Congress and the Sikhs.

Any such move would push the country into religious divide, Badal has already said. He accused the successive Congress governments at the Centre of backing down on commitments made to the state. Badal is trying to make the NDA leadership see logic in his decision to make it a touchstone issue in Punjab as it will also help counter the pressure to back Congress if it fields Manmohan Singh as the candidate for PMship again.

20 August, 2008
 

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