Calling the assassination try on senior chief Sukhbir Singh Badal a “full-blown assault” on Sikh traditions, Khalsa heritage, and its establishments, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) core committee on Friday mentioned it will strategy Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria to hunt an “neutral” probe.
The core committee’s assembly was slammed by Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), who mentioned that Balwinder Singh Bhunder, head of the working committee of SAD, has introduced “disgrace upon the group” by convening the assembly with these leaders who had been requested to resign by the Akal Takht.
Badal escaped an assassination try on Wednesday when former Khalistani terrorist Narain Singh Chaura fired at him from a detailed vary on the Golden Temple’s entrance in Amritsar. Chaura missed his goal as plainclothes police personnel overpowered him.
The assault was captured on cameras by media individuals who had gathered to cowl the second day of Badal performing the obligation of ‘sewadar’ on the Sikh shrine as spiritual penance for “errors” dedicated by the SAD authorities in Punjab from 2007 to 2017.
The assembly of the core committee, which is the occasion’s highest decision-making physique, was presided over by appearing president Balwinder Singh Bhundar, mentioned a celebration launch.
The committee members alleged the whole incident was an Aam Aadmi Get together (AAP) authorities sponsored conspiracy to complete the reasonable Akali management which stood for ‘sarbat da bhala’ as propounded by the Guru Sahiban. It additionally mentioned the conduct of chief minister Bhagwant Mann in the whole episode was shameful. “As an alternative of taking inventory of the scenario following the assault on the holy shrine, the chief minister tried to belittle the incident,” mentioned core committee member Daljit Singh Cheema.
“The assassination bid was additionally an assault on the idea and beliefs of Miri Piri symbolised by Akal Takht Sahib and on the sacred Harmandir Sahib which now bore the unholy marks of the anti-Sikh murderer’s bullet. This bullet mark can also be meant to cowl up comparable bullet marks left by Indira Gandhi,” the committee mentioned.
The committee additionally made it clear that an try was being made to create circumstances which may very well be used as an excuse to begin a recent wave of repression and elimination of Sikh youth in pretend encounters. “The person who made the assassination bid is just not a lone wolf however was truly a member of a pack of wolves. He was appearing merely as a sharpshooter on behalf of highly effective anti-Sikh forces,” it added.
The senior leaders additionally questioned Akali chief Gurpartap Singh Wadala’s presence at a programme held by the Dal Khalsa in Moga on Thursday. They mentioned the Dal Khalsa didn’t imagine within the Structure and stood for Khalistan and requested Wadala to make clear his stand on each points. It must be talked about that Wadala is without doubt one of the seven members of the interim committee fashioned by Akal Takht to reorganise Akali Dal. The seven-member committee is but to name its first assembly.
It condemned the assault on Sri Darbar Sahib by anti-Sikh forces at a time when a ‘sewadar’ – Sukhbir Singh Badal was doing ‘sewa’ on the ‘dwar’ of the shrine.
The Committee additionally praised the alertness and selfless spirit of braveness proven by ASI Jasbir Singh and his compatriot which foiled the assassination bid even because it made it clear that Jasbir Singh was not imagined to be on obligation on that day and had come to Darbar Sahib on his personal.
‘Disregard to Akal Takht’
In the meantime, the SGPC members expressed concern over the involvement of Arshdeep Singh Kaler — son of Satnam Singh Kaler, who was the advocate of the controversial DGP Sumedh Saini and can also be the Chairman of the Gurdwara Judicial Fee — as the primary spokesperson within the core committee assembly.
“This participation signifies that the Akali Dal management has neither discovered from its previous errors nor proven seriousness in the direction of the Panth. Daljit Singh Cheema and N Ok Sharma, who had already submitted their resignations previously, have been nonetheless current within the assembly is a direct disregard of Akal Takht’s directives,” a press release by the SGPC added.
The members additional famous that the SAD leaders had sought time of 10 days from Akali Takht Jathedar to convene the working committee assembly through which all of the resignations have been to be accepted. “But, if a core committee assembly may very well be held, why was the working committee assembly not known as,” requested the SGPC.
Nevertheless, the SGPC, strongly condemned the assault on Badal, and demanded a judicial inquiry to uncover the reality. They emphasised that any deadly assault on somebody serving in a sevadaar position is “extremely unlucky”.
