Amritsar: After the SAD and BJP parted ways in 2020, the PM Narendra Modi-led NDA government had been ignoring the Sikh issues, alleged the SGPC sources. Even the demand of a committee formed by Akal Takht to change the Sahibzadas Martyrdom Day to “Sahibzade Shahadat Diwas” had been ignored, said the sources.
Similarly, issues pertaining to historic gurdwaras in Sikkim, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand have not been addressed by the Centre even after the SGPC sent multiple communiqués for their resolution.
SGPC chief Harjinder Singh Dhami alleged that the Central Government was deliberately ignoring Akal Takht appointed five-member panel to take up the cases of “Bandi Singhs” (Sikh political prisoners).
Though the SGPC had commenced the campaign to secure the release of Bandi Singhs in 2013, they became vociferous after the BJP’s oldest ally left the NDA in protest against the passage of three controversial farm laws.
