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Vedanti says Manmohan a good man but no hukamnama
WSN Network

ANANDPUR SAHIB: Two strange things happened side by side this week. On Tuesday, Akal Takht jathedar Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti said no jathedar of any Takht, serving or former, should be summoned to the Akal Takht as it will denigrate the position of the clergy, but in the same breath, he said any dialogue with Giani Iqbal Singh, Jathedar of Takht Patna Sahib, was possible only after he apologises at the Akal Takht and concedes its supremacy. 

Meanwhile, commenting on Jathedar Vedanti's decision about not issuing any "hukamnama" to direct Sikh MPs to support Sikh PM Dr Manmohan Singh during the trust vote on July 22, Jathedar Iqbal Singh has said he will has come forward to support the PM.

Speaking over phone, Jathedar Iqbal Singh has said the nuclear deal was very much in India's interest and he would make every possible effort to support Dr Manmohan Singh.  

He agreed that since the nuclear deal with United States has no religious connotation, a ‘hukamnama' can't be issued but said he, nevertheless, will issue an appeal to all Sikh MPs to favour the Sikh PM during the trust vote.  

"Now, when he faces a crisis for the country's cause, it becomes the duty of every Sikh and right thinkers from other religions and faiths to support him by rising above petty interests," he said. 

Vedanti meanwhile has said he and all Sikhs were proud of Dr Manmohan Singh but a hukamnama cannot be issued on a political issue.    

16 July, 2008
 

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