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Sidhu offered prayers at Gurdwara Burj Jawahar Singh Wala in Faridkot

November 7, 2021
Henry Club

Punjab Congress President Navjot Singh Sidhu on Saturday visited Gurdwara Burj Jawahar Singh Wala in Faridkot, from where a copy of the Guru Granth Sahib was stolen in 2015, and prayed that those involved in the desecration of the holy book be given exemplary punishment. which will be “a deterrent for generations to come”.

The vents that surfaced after the theft of the Guru Granth Sahib caused political upheaval in the state. It has remained at the center of Punjab politics for the last six years.

“Ardas in Gurdwara Sahib Burj Jawahar Singh Wala, Bargari. Praying for exemplary punishment for those involved in the sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib ji. Must be a deterrent for generations to come!,” Sidhu tweeted.

Sidhu’s visit to the gurdwara came a day after he withdrew his resignation from the post of Punjab Congress chief and hit out at his party-led state government over the sacrilege case. This is his second visit to the temple in less than seven months.

Sidhu had last visited the gurdwara on April 13 and had targeted the government of his own party led by Captain Amarinder Singh.

“More law, less justice. Justice delayed is justice denied,” Sidhu had tweeted during his maiden visit. Clearly targeting Amarinder for failing to fulfill the oath taken while apprehending Gutkha sahib – To put an end to the drug menace and put those responsible for sacrilege behind bars – he had said, “He who is not true to the Guru cannot be true. Punjab. Guru is the soul of Punjab.”

Another one prepared by the SIT of Punjab Police headed by now retired IG Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh should also be made public, saying the manner in which the report of the Justice Ranjit Singh Commission was made public.

The open rebellion against his party’s government on the issue of sacrilege and drugs gained momentum after Sidhu visited the Burj Jawahar Singh Wala Gurdwara in April, eventually leading Amarinder to resign as CM.

Now Sidhu wins with new CM Charanjit Singh Channi Not happy with the appointments made on the same issues and to the post of Advocate General (APS Deol) and DGP (Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota).

Sidhu, during a press conference on Friday, questioned the steps taken by the Channi-led government to bring justice in sacrilege cases and making public the report of the Special Task Force on drug cases in the last 50 days. Sidhu also said that he will take over as Punjab Congress chief the day a panel will be appointed to appoint the new Advocate General and the new Director General of Police.

While the Channi government is focusing on populist schemes, with assembly elections only a few months away, Sidhu’s new visit to Burj Jawahar Singh Wala is seen as an attempt to center the issue of the cricketer-turned-politician sacrilege. . of state politics.

While Sahota was the head of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up by the former SAD-BJP Deol had represented former DGP Sumedh Singh Saini, who headed the state police six years ago, to probe the sacrilege.

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