Amritsar:-The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) President Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami expressed strong objection to some members of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) joining Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and said that if the members of the Sikh body are so fond of politics by joining BJP, they should immediately resign from their DSGMC membership.
Harjinder Singh Dhami said that this policy of BJP to directly interfere in the religious affairs of other religions is very unfortunate. He said that the members of the Sikh organization are elected by the Sangat (community) with the confidence that they will act according to the religious sentiments and traditions, but when the members elected for Gurdwara management move to join the party with anti-Sikh ideology, it is natural that the sentiments of Sangat will get hurt.
The SGPC President said that the Sikh Sangat had elected these members of the DSGMC to propagate the Sikh religion and properly run management of Guru’s house and not to play politics in an anti-Sikh party. Harjinder Singh Dhami said that the BJP is on the path of direct interference in Sikh affairs, which the Sikh community will never accept. He said that Sikhs will respond to such actions of BJP in the upcoming elections.
Harjinder Singh Dhami said that already the entire management of DSGMC is working under the influence of BJP and now with the move of some members of Sikh body DSGMC joining party, it has become clear that the policy of BJP is to interfere in management of Gurdwaras and complicate Sikh issues.