Act over missing saroops: Dallewal to SGPC, state govt
Amritsar, July 13 -- Jagjit Singh Dallewal-led Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM-non political) on Saturday extended support to the indefinite protest that the Sikh organisation - Sikh Sadbhawna Dal (SSD) - has been spearheading at Dharam Singh Market along the heritage street near Golden Temple for the last five years. The protesters have been demanding justice in the case of missing 328 saroops of Guru Granth Sahib in the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee's (SGPC) publishing house. They gave a 15-day ultimatum to the SGPC and the state government for action.
Led by Golden Temple's former hazuri ragi (gurbani exponent) Baldev Singh Wadala, the SSD had launched the indefinite stir in November 2020. The agitators have been seeking stringent action against the SGPC functionaries indicted in an Akal Takht-appointed penal's probe report.
Accompanied by other SKM (NP) leaders, including Baldev Singh Sirsa and Sukhdev Singh Bhojraj, Dallewal turned up at the protest site on Saturday and announced to support the cause. "On behalf of the farmers' forum, I had committed during the Khanauri border morcha that we would support the protest being undertaken by Wadala," he said.
Dallewal, who is also the president of BKU (Ekta-Sidhupur), further said, "We fear a conspiracy. The Akal Takht probe report recommended FIRs against those indicted, but no case has been registered so far. If no action is taken by the SGPC or the state government in 15 days, we will call a gathering here to take further steps."
The matter came to light on June 26, 2020, after the Punjab Human Rights Organisation wrote a letter to the Punjab government and the Akal Takht. An inquiry was conducted by the Akal Takht. According to the inquiry report, 328 saroops were found less in the record of the SGPC publication house. The misappropriation continued for several years, up to 2015, as per the inquiry report. Countering the charges, the SGPC maintained that it was not a sacrilege. It said that it was a case of misappropriation committed by the employees concerned....
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