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Delhi gurdwara clash: Badal urges PM to intervene
Friday November 16, 2012 07:01:44 PM,
IANS
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Chandigarh: Punjab
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Friday sought the intervention
of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to stop the Delhi government from
going ahead with its move to amend the procedure of Gurdwara
elections in Delhi.
The Punjab chief minister said the move was "dangerous", and the
Delhi government was needlessly attempting to "interfere in the
religious affairs of the Sikh community".
In a letter to the prime minister, Badal urged him to ensure that
elections to the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC)
are held in accordance with the letter and spirit of directions
earlier issued by the Supreme Court.
A violent clash between two groups, one owing allegiance to the
Congress and the other to the Shiromani Akali Dal, at Gurdwara
Rakabganj in New Delhi Thursday left 11 people injured.
Expressing anguish over the incident, Badal said it was a "direct
consequence of the chain of events unleashed by the totally
unjustified and provocative move of the Delhi government to
interfere in the religious affairs of the Sikhs through a proposed
amendment to the electoral procedure in the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara
Management Committee".
Badal pointed out that he had raised this matter earlier also.
"Unfortunately, my pleas remained unattended. Yesterday's events
have further confirmed the fears in the minds of the Sikh masses
that the Congress government in Delhi is bent upon creating
problems for the community for narrow political ends. This is a
dangerous development and does not augur well for the future," his
letter stated.
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