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Hooliganism in Gurdwara: Pak board given clean chit |
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Written by Varinder Walia, Tribune News Service
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Saturday, 25 August 2007 |
Members of the fact-finding committee of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) during their visit to Gurdwara Bhai Taru Singh at Naulakha Bazar in Lahore on Friday. Amritsar.
A day after the assurance given by external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee in the Lok Sabha that the Indian government would take up the matter of hooliganism in a gurdwara in Lahore, the fact-finding committee of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) has given a clean chit to the Pakistan Evacuee Property Trust Board ( PEPTB).
In its preliminary report submitted to the DSGMC president, the committee has claimed that no damage has been done to Gurdwara Shaheed Bhai Taru Singh in Naulakha Bazar, Lahore. The committee comprising Kuldip Singh, Balbir Singh, Harbhajan Singh Matharoo, Harjinder Singh and Chanchal Singh had gone to Pakistan yesterday and visited the gurdwara. It also held talks with the PEPTB and Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (PSGPC) officials.
Talking to The Tribune, Parmjit Singh Sarna, president of the DSGMC, said he would also visit the gurdwara on August 29. He alleged that the matter was being exploited out of proportion and the reports of hooliganism on the gurdwara premises were found baseless. He said the PETPB was contemplating creating a common path on the pattern of Gurdwara Sis Ganj and Sunehri Masjid, New Delhi.
On the other hand, Bishan Singh, president of the PSGPC, said Sikhs were not being discriminated against at the gurdwara. He claimed that the Pir was buried on the gurdwara premises and the Sikhs and Muslims had been visiting it for many years. However, he said the act by the hooligans was illegal and not supported by the PETPB. Bishan also opposed the painting of one of the gurdwara domes green.
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