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Panthic bodies vow to continue protest against changes in calendar
WSN Network

Ludhiana: Defying completely the SGPC orders and the attempts by the ruling Akali Dal to browbeat the clergy into diluting the Nanakshahi Calendar, most panthic forces are enraged over the issue of changesand criticised the amendments made by the SGPC executive committee. At a meeting in Ludhiana last week, they resolved to protest till the SGPC revokes its decision. At a convention organised by the Dal Khalsa, SAD (Panch Pardhani), DSGMC, Shiromani Khalsa Panchayat, Shiromani Panthic Council, Akal Federation, Sikh Students’ Federation, Sikh Youth of Punjab, among others, leaders voiced their concern over the amalgamation of the Nanakshahi calendar with Bikrami calendar and rejected the amendments.

A resolution was also passed, urging the Akal Takht jathedar to suspend the implementation of the changed version of the calendar. The speakers warned the SGPC and the SAD-Badal leadership against trying to trigger conflict within the community.

They resolved to convene a Sikh Conclave on March 14 to mark the first day of the New Year as per the Nanakshahi calendar.

20 January 2010
 

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