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Scholar angry as babus plan to shift Sikh manuscripts to Beant museum
WSN Network

CHANDIGARH: In a move aimed at provoking the Sikhs, the Chandigarh Administration is trying to transfer invaluable manuscripts and hand-written birs of Sri Guru Granth Sahib, entrusted for custody by Dr Man Singh Nirankari to the administration, to the Beant Singh Memorial Centre raised in the memory of the late Chief Minister who was better known for presiding over killings of hundreds of Sikh youth in fake encounters.

Dr Nirankari has expressed strong rage at the development and has told the administration in no uncertain terms that if it cannot take care of the manuscripts and birs, these be returned to him immediately. Dr Nirankari, now 96, said he can never allow such manuscripts to be kept at a memorial which has been raised to commemorate a human rights violator who in the eyes of many Sikh organizations was a clearly controversial man. Dr Madanjit Kaur has also protested the administration move.

23 December 2009
 

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