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Jathedar Akal Takht gives 24 hours ultimatum to govt to release innocent youths
Babushahi Bureau
Amritsar, March 27, 2023- Leaders of various Sikh sects, scholars, journalists and intellectuals gathered today at Sri Akal Takht Sahib to discuss the unrest in the minds of Sikhs and the arrests of Sikh youths due to the current situation in Punjab.
Speaking during the meeting, the Jathedar of Shri Akal Takht Sahib Giani Harpreet Singh announced gave an ultimatum to the Punjab government to release the arrested youth within 24 hours.
He further said that the National Security Act imposed on all youth should be removed immediately.
Jathedar added that in the past, the flag and symbols of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's Khalsa State and the Sikh princely states were wrongly propagated as the flag of Khalistan by the Punjab Police, and the SGPC was ordered to take strict legal action against those concerned police officers.
He also asked the Sikhs to put signs of the Khalsa state on their vehicles and houses to stop the government's propaganda against the flags and symbols related to the Sikh heritage.
During the meeting held at Sri Akal Takht Sahib, Jathedar of Sri Akal Takht Sahib Giani Harpreet Singh said that today a very serious and diplomatic siege is being carried out by the state against the Sikhs, which should be answered diplomatically without being violent.
"There is a need to create collective capacity among Sikhs. On one hand, in this democratic and communally diverse India, announcements are made to create a Hindu Rashtra by suppressing the minorities, but no action is being taken against the people who make such provocative statements while governments do not take long to impose black laws on Sikhs who present their views within the framework of democracy," he added.
He said that if the government does not end the atmosphere of terror by releasing all the youth within 24 hours, then a diplomatic campaign will be started in the country and abroad against the atmosphere created by the Indian state of "bullying" the Sikhs.
He also said that legal action will be taken by Sikh organizations against the character assassination of Sikhs by the government through the national media.
Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami, president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, announced a panel of lawyers to repeal the National Security Act and provide other legal assistance to the Sikh youth who were victims of government repression. Along with this, he also appealed to the families of the arrested Sikh youths that the victim's families should immediately contact the Shiromani Committee so that legal assistance can be provided to them.
Meanwhile, the various speakers who arrived at the gathering also unanimously agreed on the need to take a big stand at the intellectual and diplomatic level against the injustice being done to the Sikh community and expressed confidence in the leadership of Sri Akal Takht Sahib. done In the gathering Giani Jagtar Singh, chief scribe of Sachkhand Sri Harmandir Sahib, Jathedar of Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib Giani Raghbir Singh, Shiromani Committee President Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami, Baba Balveer Singh Shiromani Panth Akali Buddha Dal, Baba Avtar Singh Sursingh, Sri Akal Takht Sahib Former Jathedar Bhai Jasvir Singh Rode, Manjit Singh GK, Bhupinder Singh, Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee, Chief Spokesperson of Damdami Taksal, Baba Sukhdev Singh, Sikh personalities from different areas also arrived.