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Only Congress govt could scrap holy day to mark creation of Khalsa – Sukhbir Badal

Reported by:  PTC News Desk  Edited by:  Nimrat Kaur -- December 29th 2017 06:05 PM
Only Congress govt could scrap holy day to mark creation of Khalsa – Sukhbir Badal

Only Congress govt could scrap holy day to mark creation of Khalsa – Sukhbir Badal

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal today said only a Congress government, which had always treated Sikh religion and its institutions callously, could scrap the holy day to mark the creation of the Khalsa from the official list of holidays in Punjab. In a statement here, the SAD president said “Only such a party could scrap the holy day of Baisakhi from the list of government holidays. By doing so it has again poured salt over the wounds of the Sikh community which will never tolerate this attack on its religious tradition and practices”. Demanding an immediate rollback of this decision, Mr Sukhbir Badal said it was shocking that the Congress government had tried to belittle the historic significance of Baisakhi on which day Sri Guru Gobind Singh created the Khalsa panth in 1699. Mr Badal said the government must understand that it cannot do any governance what to talk of better governance by insulting the emotions of its citizens. Mr Badal said as far as reviewing list of holidays was concerned, this should have been done only after adequate consultation and consensus instead of riding roughshod over the sentiments of everyone by adopting an arrogant and dictatorial attitude. “There is tremendous resentment also on why the government is not commemorating the martyrdom day of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur, installation day of Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Mahashivratri besides Eid-ul-Zuha and days associated with martyrs. The government should take immediate remedial action”, he added. -PTC News


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