Sukhbir Singh Badal Unqualified Apology Before Akal Takhat Sahib

SUKHBIR SINGH BADAL TENDERS UNQUALIFIED APOLOGY IN FRONT OF AKAL TAKHAT SAHIB

“HOME COMING” CALLL TO ESTRANGED AKALI  LEADERS, WORKERS :  103rd ANNIVERSARY OF SAD

Says Be-adbi incidents were a conspiracy to  permanently sabotage possibility of  Panthic Govts in future too

Amritsar December 14 –  Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal today tendered an unqualified apology to “Guru Sahiban and Guru Panth” on the precincts of Shri Akal Takhat for  the sacrilege incident and its aftermath during the Akali government . “It inflicted deep pain on the heart of both Sardar Parkash Singh Badal and on my own   that these incidents happened during the Akali government and that we could not arrest  and punish the perpetrators of this heinous crime. Badal sahib left us, carrying this wound on his heart.”

 Badal was addressing a congregation at Gurdwara Bhai Gurbakash Singh ji adjacent to Sri Akal Takhat Sahib in the Darbar Sahib complex to commemorate the 103 years of SAD’s  foundation.

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 “In retrospect, I believe it was a huge blunder to allow some so-called Panthic personalities and organisations to pressurise the government into handing over the probe to the CBI instead of conducting it ourselves. It was only later that their game plan became clear to us but by that time the probe had already been handed over to the central agency.,” said Mr Badal , adding that he and Mr Badal  were deeply aggrieved at our failure to catch, expose and punish the actual culprits as well as those behind the sacrilege tragedy.”

   The former Deputy Chief Minister said that he did not want to offer any alibis for this failure. “As a government, we should have realised the games that some elements masquerading as Panthic organisations were playing to not only destabilise the then government but also  to permanently sabotage  the possibility of a Panthic government in Punjab. We failed to realise that they were actually driving a wedge between the Khalsa Panth and  its warrior force, the SAD. The worked hard to turn the community against its own right arm .That was the only way they could weaken the Khalsa Panth.” He asked the Sikh masses to note how the forces that were so loud and active against SAD govt on sacrilege had become silent on sacrilege incidents even at Sri Harmandar Sahib or on the police assault on Sikh shrines , including the one at Sultanpur Lodhi.

 Badal sent out a call for “ complete unity in the Panth under the Akali flag and principles. He said that both personally and as president of the SAD, he owned responsibility for any wrong or any  injustice done to any Akali worker in the past either by him or by Sardar Parkash Singh Badal or by any other leader or member of the party. I take resposnbility for anything that went wrong and I apologise to all the brave Akali soldiers who felt estranged with the party. Both personally and as party president, I take full responsibility for all this.”

 He said that he will personally ensure that the mistakes of the past are not repeated. “I will attend personally to the grievances of every Akali worker and every Punjabi, like Badal Sahab used to do. He said that a united and strong Akali Dal was a prerequisite for a strong and progressive Punjab. “We need to remain united in order to save the precious resources of our Punjab including river waters and control over BBMB. But make no mistake: SAD alone can guarantee that our heritage and culture is saved from  conspiracies to erode and dilute it.”

 He appealed to  “everyone who has the good of the Khalsa Panth to rise to the defence of the values which our forefathers fought for and defended” He said that there is only one recipe to take Punjab and the country forward, and that is the federal structure. This alone can ensure progress . He said that SAD stands for a forward looking Punjab with a deep respect “for heritage and our culture and peace communal harmony “.

  Later, at a meeting, the SAD strongly condemned the “the false case registered against Bibi Ganieve  Kaur Majithia , wife of the senior Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia . “This is clearly vendetta and the party accepts the case against Bibi  as a challenge to Akali Dal. We accept Bhagwant Mann’s challenge.”

  In another resolution, the party condemned the CM for misusing the Punjab Vidhan Sabha platform for legitimising brazen government interference in the religious affairs of the Sikhs by passing  legislation on issues affecting the SGPC.

The party also condemned the brazen sacrilege committed by the police at the sacred Gurdham at  Sultanpur Lodhi “directly on orders of the Chief Minister. The spirit of Ahmad Shah Abdali has entered Bhagwant Mann . The Khalsa Panth knows how to deal with such evil forces