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Ajit Singh Shant exhorts Diaspora Sikhs to set an example
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FREMONT:  Bhai Ajit Singh Shant, the Independent MLA from Nihal Singh Wala currently on tour of the United States, paid obeisance at Gurdwara Sahib, Fremont and expressed confidence that the Sikh Diaspora can make a meaningful intervention in the community affairs. On a visit to the Bay Area, Shant said the ruling Akali Dal in Punjab has moved miles away from the high ideals for which the party once stood and the Diaspora can help nudge the politics back to a position of ideals and adherence to ideology.

Narrating the sorry state of affairs as far as the development issue is concerned, Bhai Shant exhorted the Diaspora to try and adopt one village each and said this will turn Punjab into a California. 

Shant was highly critical of the way the Badal family was running the Akali Dal and Akali polity and said only those with money and muscle power can find a place in the party.

He said the Sikhs must ensure that all polity remains under the tutelage of religion and the Akal Takht remains supreme. 

Bhai Jaswinder Singh Jandi, at whose house Bhai Shant shared the views, said the MLA's father's contribution to Punjab was very important and the community hoped no less from Sardar Ajit Singh Shant too. Bhai Ranjit Singh Kharra thanked the Sikh sangat. 

22 July  2009
 

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