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Dal Khalsa UK slams Badal & Co.
for saffron support
WSN Network
 LONDON:
The Dal Khalsa UK has condemned moves to depict Sikhs as supporters
of the fanatical Hindutva movement and the rally by VHP, RSS and
Sangh Parivar forces that was centred around the Ram Setu Bridge
issue and the Ram Mandir site on which the Babari Masjid was
demolished by Hindu terror outfits in 1992.
The videos which
have gone up on You Tube claim to show support by Sikhs for the Ram
Setu Bridge and Ram Mandir. A representative of the Akali Dal Badal
regime which rules Punjab came on behalf of Parkash Singh Badal to
speak to supporters who had gathered there.
The Akali Dal
Badal representative started off by praising Hindutva leaders on
behalf of Badal and then proceeded to shout slogans of 'Jai Siya
Ram' and went on to utter Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki
Fateh. The speaker then went on to speak of how Guru Nanak Dev Ji in
Japji Sahib praises Ram, and equates the word 'Ram' in Bani with the
Hindu diety and so called Bhagwan Ram throughout the video. He then
goes on to say how the 9th Sikh Guru who gave his life for the
protection of Human Rights died for the Hindu Dharam and twists the
bani written by Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib Ji to conform with their
Hindutva standard of 'Sikhs are Hindus' along with their scriptures.
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"How can the so called Akalis equate the word 'Ram' in Sri Guru
Granth Sahib Ji with the Hindu Diety Ram and that as well as
calling him Bhagwan? We find this unacceptable." |
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"They should
note the 9th master would have given his life for any group of
people and not just for Hindus and so called Bharat Sanskriti," the
Dal Khalsa statement said.
He then goes on
to convey a message by Badal and his Akali Dal to Sudarshan, senior
leader of the RSS and other Hindutva leaders by saying that the
Sikhs will make sacrifices for the cause of Hindutva.
He equates this
with the court arrest of Sikhs during Indira Gandhi's brutal
emergency rule.
The
representative then goes on to say the Shriomani Akali Dal Badal
fully supports the Hindutva movement. He then goes on to shout a
Jaikara of Bole So Nihaal and the Hindu Nationalist Slogan of Jai
Siya Ram.
Than a
representative of the Namdhari sect appears and says if the name of
Ram is taken out of India the nation will be left hollow and empty.
He then goes on to say how Hanuman picked up a so called mountain
and took it to
Sri Lanka
where it now stands out amongst other mountains and asks how many
symbols of Ram will be wiped out. He then says that he is speaking
as he has been sent by the leader of the Namdhari sect.
"How can the so
called Akalis equate the word 'Ram' in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji with
the Hindu Diety Ram and that as well as calling him Bhagwan? We find
this unacceptable and would like to point out to the Sikh Nation
that we should recognise the enemy on the outside but we must also
recognise the enemy sitting within our own quarters and deal with
them accordingly," the release said.
It urged the
Sikhs to remain vigilant especially in the western world where RSS
conspiracies are increasing.
(The You Tube
video appears at 'http://www.youtube.com/user/VHPSampark')
22
July 2009
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