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Bhagwant Mann denounced Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh for 'provoking' people Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann denounced Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh on Tuesday for "provoking" the people with an ultimatum to the AAP government to release all young Sikhs detained during the police crackdown on the preacher. radical Amritpal Singh and his associates. In response, Jathedar said he had the right and duty to speak out about "innocent" young Sikhs.
Following the police crackdown on Amritpal and his associates, Punjab police said on Sunday they had released 197 people out of a total 353 remand in custody on suspicion of endangering the peace and disturbing public order.
Mann accused the Jathedar of "favoring" the Badal and also told him that the Badal had "used" various Jathedar for their "vested interests".
The CM further told the Jathedar of Akal Takht, the highest temporary seat of the Sikhs, that it would have been better if he had issued the ultimatum in sacrilege and the missing "saroops" of Guru Granth Sahib.
Mann's reaction came a day after Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpeet Singh gave the AAP government a 24-hour ultimatum to release all young Sikhs detained during the police crackdown on radical preacher Amritpal Singh and his aides. .
The Jathedar had also condemned the state government for invoking the National Security Law against some people during the police crackdown.
The Jathedar of Akal Takht in Amritsar had called a special meeting of Sikh organizations including intellectuals, Sikh lawyers, journalists, religious and social leaders to discuss the current situation in Punjab following the March 18 action against elements of 'Waris Punjab De ' led by Amritpal. Singh.
Rebuking Jathedar for his ultimatum, Mann in a Punjabi tweet said: "Jathedar Sri Akal Takht Sahib ji. Everyone knows that you and the SGPC have favored the Badal. Look at history, many Jathedar have been used by the Badal for their own interests... It would have been better if you had given the ultimatum for the sacrilege and missing 'saroops' of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji instead of provoking people happy." Incidents involving the theft of a 'bir' (copy) of the Guru Granth Sahib, the posting of sacrilegious handwritten posters and the discovery of torn pages of the holy book scattered in Bargari took place in Faridkot in 2015.
In another incident, 328 "saroops" (copies) of Guru Granth Sahib had disappeared from the archives of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee publishing house.
Later, Jathedar in his Facebook post on Tuesday said, "Bhagwant Mann ji, as you represent Punjab, I am also a humble representative of my 'qaum' (community)." "I also have the right and duty to speak about the rights of innocent youth in my qaum," Jathedar said.
He told the CM he was right that "innocent" clerics are often used by politicians.
"But I am fully aware of that," Singh said.
At the same time, he asked Mann to ensure that political figures like him were not used by politicians to sharpen their axe.
Singh told the CM: "First of all, let's save Punjab together and unite the mothers who are waiting for their innocent sons who have been imprisoned and get their blessings," referring to the ultimatum given to the Punjab government. the Liberation of the Sikhs. youth.
