Indore: A “Mahapanchayat of Sikligar Sikhs” was held at Gurudwara Sri guru Singh Sabha in Indore on Saturday (May 13) amid reports that Sikligar Sikhs were facing police excesses in Madhya Pradesh. Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee leaders, SAD leaders, former Union minister Balwant Singh Ramoowalia and other Sikh groups and leaders participated in the event.
Addressing the “Mahapanchayat” of the Sikligar Sikhs, DSGMC president Manjit Singh GK said that if the excesses would not stop then a Sikh Mahapanchayat would be held before the Indian parliament.
He said that en-masse persecution of Sikhs was wrong and would not be tolerated and in case the excesses would not stop then a Mahapanchayat of Sikhs would be held in front of Indian Parliament during Monsoon session.
Sikaligar Sikh Mahapanchayat in Indore on May 13
Claiming that there were around 13 lakh Sikhs in MP, he said that they should take a collective decision that for whom they would vote as these were enough votes to play a decisive role in formation of a government.
He said that they would also seek appointment with MP CM Shivraj Singh Chohan and Indian Prime Minister Narendra modi to take up the issue.
The Mahapanchayat was also addressed by former union minister and now Samajwadi Party leader Balwant Singh Ramoowalia who also assured all support to Sikligar Sikhs and said that he would take up the issue with MP government and top officials.
Former Takht Damdama Sahib Jathedar Giani Kewal Singh also attended the gathering.
As per media reports the Sikligar Sikhs were involved in making iron and metal products since centuries and in district Behrampur Sikh men were arrested in en-masse from villages with the allegations that they were supplying arms to Naxalites.
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