THE Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) executive in Amritsar, Punjab, on Monday expressed “serious concern” over the allegations levelled by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the Canadian Parliament “of the involvement of officials of Indian agencies in the murder case of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a resident Sikh there.”
A special resolution passed in the executive meeting presided over by the SGPC President Harjinder Singh Dhami, said that “the statement given by the Prime Minister in the Parliament of any country is not understood as common, rather considered to be fact-based within the scope of the dignity of the concerned country’s constitution.”
It added: “Everything said by the Prime Minister in the Parliament cannot be rejected easily. The truth of the allegations made by the Prime Minister of Canada against the Indian agencies should be brought to the light of the people through a sincere approach by both the countries by going beyond politics. If this case is suppressed only because of politics, it will be considered as injustice to human rights.”
The SGPC said in a tweet: “The resolution further strongly condemned the hate propaganda being spread against Sikhs and Punjab out of this entire phenomenon on the mainstream media and social media platforms openly. It is said that the India-Canada issue has been deliberately focused by a large part of the media only on character assassination of Sikhs.”
The tweet added: “Through the resolution, the SGPC executive demanded from the Government of India to take this issue seriously and take action against those who tarnish the image of Sikhs. It was also clarified that the Sikh community respects all religion and does not hold enmity against anyone. Some people are using the current situation as a weapon to create divisions among communities, which should be stopped immediately.”
The SGPC executive asked the Government of India to look into this matter and wanted action to be taken “against the forces which are tarnishing the image of Sikhs.”
It said that appropriate steps should be taken to end the growing mistrust among the Sikhs.
