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Akal Takht chief priest wants RSS banned
Vikas Vasudeva
OCTOBER 15, 2019
The way the organisation is working, it will divide the nation, says Giani Harpreet Singh.
Giani Harpreet Singh, chief priest of the Akal Takht – the highest Sikh temporal seat – has said the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) should be banned because the way it was working, it would divide the nation.
Mr. Singh told journalists in Amritsar that the remarks made by RSS leaders were not in the interest of the country.
Mr. Singh’s comment came in the backdrop of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s recent statement, in which he had claimed that ‘Bharat is a Hindu Rashtra.’
“The RSS should be banned. The remarks by RSS leaders are not in the interest of the nation. It would hurt and draw a new line of division in the country and destroy it,” he said on Monday.
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Gobind Singh Longowal had also opposed Mr. Bhagwat’s remark, terming it highly objectionable.
Mr. Longowal said the Constitution gave all its citizens religious freedom. However, Mr. Bhagwat was intentionally trying to impose the “Hindu Rashtra” agenda by ignoring it.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/natio...iest-giani-harpreet-singh/article29688360.ece
Vikas Vasudeva
OCTOBER 15, 2019
The way the organisation is working, it will divide the nation, says Giani Harpreet Singh.
Giani Harpreet Singh, chief priest of the Akal Takht – the highest Sikh temporal seat – has said the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) should be banned because the way it was working, it would divide the nation.
Mr. Singh told journalists in Amritsar that the remarks made by RSS leaders were not in the interest of the country.
Mr. Singh’s comment came in the backdrop of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s recent statement, in which he had claimed that ‘Bharat is a Hindu Rashtra.’
“The RSS should be banned. The remarks by RSS leaders are not in the interest of the nation. It would hurt and draw a new line of division in the country and destroy it,” he said on Monday.
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Gobind Singh Longowal had also opposed Mr. Bhagwat’s remark, terming it highly objectionable.
Mr. Longowal said the Constitution gave all its citizens religious freedom. However, Mr. Bhagwat was intentionally trying to impose the “Hindu Rashtra” agenda by ignoring it.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/natio...iest-giani-harpreet-singh/article29688360.ece
