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ays after the Nankana Sahib minorities all over India”.
Nankana Sahib Capt Amarinder Singh
Gurudwara said in a tweet, “This is the
in Pakistan’s attack upsets Sikhs time to act on what you
D Punjab province preach.” President of Shi-
was attacked by a Muslim romani Akali Dal, Sukhbir
mob, ‘unknown’ gunmen Singh Badal in a statement
murdered at Peshawar, a Murder of a Sikh youth further highlights urged Prime Minister Nar-
member of the Sikh com- the malice of intolerance and insecurity that endra Modi to take up the
munity, Ravinder Singh, issue with Pakistan Prime
younger brother of Harmeet minorities in Pakistan face, finds tehelka bureau Minister Imran Khan and
Singh, Pakistan’s first Sikh ensure safety of the Sikh
journalist in electronic dent and subsequent mur- External Affairs called upon brethren in the neighboring
media. der of a Sikh highlight the the Government of Pakistan country. He said it was con-
Janam Asthan Gurdwara, malice of intolerance and to defend its own minorities demnable that a day after a
Nankana Sahib, the birth- insecurity that minorities instead of summoning other mob attacked Gurudwara
place of the first Guru, Guru in Pakistan face. According countries. It is high time that Janam Asthan at Nankana
Nanak Dev has a special sig- to reports, the killed Sikh the Imran Khan govern- Sahib, a Sikh youth had been
nificance for the Sikhs and youth, Ravinder Singh, a ment must ensure safety of murdered in Peshawar.
all others. Stone pelting and businessman from Malaysia minorities and shrines in The Akali Dal has also
protests at the Gurudwara but originally from Shangla that country. questioned the silence of
by a violent crowd is most in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan PM Imran Khan Congress leader and former
reprehensible. The cause of province, was on a short in a desperate attempt at minister Navjot Singh Sidhu,
the protest was apparently visit to Peshawar for his damage control to retain questioning if Sidhu had
the arrest of persons ac- wedding slated for February. the goodwill generated by “sold his soul to Pakistan
cused by the family of a Sikh the opening of the Kartar- Army”. Akali Dal leader and
girl of forcibly converting Politics at play pur Sahib Corridor drew a former minister Maheshin-
her in order to marry her. While all Sikh organizations, distinction between the vio- der Singh Grewal said, “This
When the issue was raised the Shiromani Gurudwara lence in Nankana Sahib and is the reason why he has
last year, it had resulted in Prabandhak Committee, that in India over CAA. He become a mouthpiece of
worldwide condemnation. the Government of India reportedly said that there the ISI and has even turned
It is a well-known fact and the Punjab Govern- was a “significant difference against his own breth-
that several countries and ment have condemned the between the condemnatory ren and their suffering in
non-government or- incident; there is politics incident of Nankana Sahib Pakistan.”
ganizations profusely fund at play even here. In a and the ongoing attacks
Pakistan to protect mi- statement, the Ministry of against Muslims and other LETTERS@TEHELKA.COM
norities. The two incidents
raise a question mark over
protection to minorities in
Pakistan. The religious mi-
norities especially Sikhs in
Pakistan have already been
complaining of insecurity
and fear since the attack
on the birthplace of Guru
Nanak Dev. The incident
took place after a Muslim
mob led by the family of a
man who had abducted and
forcibly converted a Sikh girl
Jagjit Kaur, pelted stones at
Nankana Sahib. Large num-
ber of Sikh devotees was
inside the Gurudwara when
the incident took place.
The Nankana Sahib inci-