{"id":324962,"date":"2020-07-28T07:19:40","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T07:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=324962"},"modified":"2020-07-28T07:28:28","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T07:28:28","slug":"punjab-cm-condemns-attempt-being-made-to-convert-gurdwara-into-mosque-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/punjab-cm-condemns-attempt-being-made-to-convert-gurdwara-into-mosque-in-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjab CM condemns attempt being made to convert gurdwara into mosque in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-307296 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/amarinder-singh.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/12\/amarinder-singh.jpg 605w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/12\/amarinder-singh-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/12\/amarinder-singh-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/12\/amarinder-singh-485x360.jpg 485w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/12\/amarinder-singh-567x420.jpg 567w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/>Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Tuesday condemned the attempts made to convert a historic gurdwara into a mosque in Pakistan\u2019s Lahore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Gurdwara Shahidi Asthan is a historical shrine built at the spot where Bhai Taru Singh made the supreme sacrifice in 1745.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cStrongly condemn attempts being made to convert holy Gurdwara Sri Shahidi Asthan in Lahore, site of martyrdom of Bhai Taru Singh Ji, into mosque,\u201d Amarinder tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cUrge @DrSJaishankar to convey Punjab&#8217;s concerns in strongest terms to Pakistan to safeguard all Sikh places of reverence,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">India on Monday lodged a strong protest with the Pakistan High Commission over the issue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;A strong protest was lodged with the Pakistan High Commission today on the reported incident whereby Gurdwara \u2018Shahidi Asthan\u2019, site of martyrdom of Bhai Taru Singh ji at Naulakha Bazaar in Lahore, Pakistan has been claimed as the place of Masjid Shahid Ganj and attempts are being made to convert it to a mosque,\u201d Ministry of External Afffairs spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said yesterday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cGurdwara Shahidi Asthan Bhai Taru Ji is a historical gurdwara where Bhai Taru Ji made supreme sacrifice in 1745. The Gurdwara is a place of reverence and considered sacred by the Sikh community. This incident has been viewed with grave concern in India. There have been calls for justice for the minority Sikh community in Pakistan,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cIndia expressed its concerns, in strongest terms on this incident and called upon Pakistan to investigate the matter and take immediate remedial measures. Pakistan was also called upon to look after the safety, security, well-being of its minority communities including protection of their religious rights and cultural heritage,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Tuesday condemned the attempts made to convert a historic gurdwara into a mosque in Pakistan\u2019s Lahore. Gurdwara Shahidi Asthan is a historical shrine built at the spot where Bhai Taru Singh made the supreme sacrifice in 1745. \u201cStrongly condemn attempts being made to convert holy Gurdwara Sri Shahidi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":307296,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2009,2913,2014],"tags":[1507,13229,48],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324962"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324962"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324967,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324962\/revisions\/324967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/307296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}