*EXHORTS PEOPLE TO EXERCISE CALM IN THIS HOUR OF CRISIS *VOWS TO TAKE STRICTEST ACTION AGAINST THE CULPRITS INVOLVED IN THE HEINOUS INCIDENT *BEWARE OF NEFARIOUS DESIGNS AIMED AT DIVIDING SOCIETY ON SECTARIAN LINES Strongly condemning the incident of desecration of Sri Guru Granth Sahib in Bargari village of Faridkot district, the Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today urged the people to exercise calm in this hour of crisis. In a statement issued here today, the Chief Minister said that nobody would be allowed to disturb the hard earned peace and communal harmony in the state. He appealed the people to maintain peace, amity and communal harmony at all cost as preached by our great gurus, seers and prophets. Expressing deep anguish over this unfortunate incident, Mr. Badal exhorted the people to exercise restraint in these circumstances by displaying the ethos of religious tolerance, unity and brotherhood.
