(Amritsar)Akal Takht to Honour to AI Plane Hijacker (In 1981)
The Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of the Sikhs, has decided to confer the “Panth Sewak” award on radical outfit Dal Khalsa founder Gajinder Singh, one of the five men accused of hijacking an Indian Airlines plane to Lahore in 1981.
India had put Gajinder’s name in the list of 20 most wanted terrorists in 2002.
An official of the Akal Takht on Sunday said it was decided during a meeting of five Sikh head priests recently to confer the award on Gajinder Singh.
Presently, Gajinder Singh is residing in Pakistan’s Lahore.
In the wake of the hijacking, the Union government had banned the Dal Khalsa in 1982. The ban was, however, lifted a decade later.
The plane was hijacked with 111 passengers and six crew members on board on September 29, 1981.
The accused forced the plane to land in Lahore of Pakistan, where they were arrested and underwent imprisonment from September 30, 1981 to October 31, 1994.
The hijackers had demanded the release of several Khalistani extremists, including Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.
Pakistan used its elite commando force to get all passengers released.
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Akal Takht to Honour to AI Plane Hijacker( in 1981)
Nobody Wants Khalistan: Punjab CM
(Chd,Pb)Nobody Wants Khalistan: Punjab CM
Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Monday dismissed a recent statement of Akal Takht Jathedar that the Sikh community will accept Khalistan if the government offers it.
Sikhs living in the country are leading prosperous lives. Why would they want a Khalistan? Nobody wants it and I do not want it, said Singh while replying to a question on Khalistan during a press conference here.
Singh said every Sikh always stood for the unity and integrity of the country.
Do you know how many Sikh soldiers we have? They sacrifice their lives for the country. We fight for our country and this is our country, said Singh.
On June 6, Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh had said, The Sikh community will accept Khalistan, a separate state for Sikhs, if the government offers it.
The Jathedar (head priest) of Akal Takht (the highest temporal seat of Sikhs) had raked up the Khalistan issue on the 36th anniversary of Operation Bluestar, which was carried out in 1984 to flush out heavily-armed terrorists holed up in the Golden Temple.
Even the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president Gobind Singh Longowal had also endorsed the Akal Takht jathedar’s views on Khalistan.
Capt Amarinder Also Assures Completely Free Power To Punjabi Farmers
[Jalandhar,Punjab] Cong Capt Amarinder Also Assures Free Power To Punjabi Farmers
PCC president Amarinder Singh today said if Congress comes to power, farmers will get free electricity.
He said if Congress is voted to power he will not only provide free power to farmers, but also ensure its regular supply.
Besides, Singh added, there will be no hidden charges as imposed on farmers by the Badal government.
He said the farmers were being made to pay huge amount of money for superfluous reasons that virtually negated the idea of free power. “I have promised that free power means completely free power without any hidden charges that you (Badal) are imposing,” he said.
Singh also challenged Badal to swear before Akal Takht that he had not signed and approved the construction of Satluj-Yamuna Link canal to “please” his friend and the then Haryana Chief Minister Devi Lal in 1978.
Referring to Badal’s charge that he was part of the design to construct the SYL, Singh said, “why have you kept quiet over Devi Lal’s statement in Haryana Vidhan Sabha that I made public where he has completely exposed your complicity”
Panj Pyaras Demand Removal of Jathedars of All Five Takhts: Religious Hot Waives
[Amritsar,Punjab] Panj Pyaras(five beloved religious preachers)Demand Removal of Jathedars of All Five Takhts(seats of Sikh religion).
Religious Waives In Punjab, Getting Heat Again
In an unprecedented development, the Panj Pyaras of the Akal Takht today asked the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to remove the Jathedars of five Takhts , alleging that they had “created furore and restlessness in the community”.However, all the five Jathedars who were asked to appear at Akal today didn’t turn up on the call of Panj Piyaras today.
Satnam Singh, a Panj Pyara, told Media
“We have asked the SGPC to terminate the services of the five Jathedars, including Jathedar Akal Takht Giani Gurbachan Singh, immediately as the Sikh community has no faith in them due to their recent anti-Panthic acts that created furore and restlessness in the community,”
When asked that the SGPC, the apex religious body of the Sikhs, had already suspended the Panj Pyaras , he said, “The SGPC has suspended their employees and we are here in the capacity of Panj Pyaras, who always remain independent to take any decision in the larger interest of the Sikh community.”
On Wednesday, the Panj Pyaras had summoned the Jathedars of five Takhts to explain the pardon given to Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahi. This had invited their suspension by the SGPC.
The Panj Pyaras said the Jathedars didn’t turn up today in the Golden Temple complex, prompting them to demand their resignation.
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