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DSGMC to seek Vatican status for Nankana Sahib
Posted by Balvinder Singh S Bal Send Email to Author on Wednesday, 4/02/2003 9:15 PM MDT
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030402/punjab1.htm#7
DSGMC to seek Vatican status for Nankana Sahib

Varinder Walia
Tribune News Service

Amritsar, April 1
While the Centre has doubled the size of the token jatha of 100 pilgrims to visit the Sikh shrines in Pakistan in connection with the Baisakhi celebrations, the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) has decided to seek Vatican status for Nankana Sahib at the proposed meeting with Pakistani officials.

The DSGMC, that was denied permission to send a jatha to Pakistan last time, would be allowed to send 30 pilgrims to Pakistan, now the DSGMC seems to have been accommodated at the behest of the Shiromani Akali Dal, a partner in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Earlier, the SGPC had strongly opposed any move to allow the DSGMC to send jathas to Pakistan.

The chairman of the National Commission for Minorities, Mr Tarlochan Singh, said the Centre had been reluctant to send the jatha because of the strained relations with Pakistan. He thanked the Union Government, particularly, Mr L.K. Advani, Deputy Prime Minister, for giving the permission and said the Sikh community should understand that, under prevailing circumstances, a large jatha could not be allowed to visit Pakistan.

Mr Tarlochan Singh said the SGPC had been allowed to send 50 pilgrims, while the DSGMC would send 30 devotees and 20 persons would be taken from the rest of India. The SGPC had been asked to coordinate with other Sikh organisations in this regard.

Mr Harpal Singh Bhullar, president of the International Bhai Mardana Society has condemned the Centre for not allowing the society to send a jatha to Pakistan.

Meanwhile, Mr Parmjit Singh Sarna, president of the DSGMC said the committee would seek Vatican status for Nankana Sahib during the pilgrimage. He said the DSGMC was ready to give sufficient funds for the reconstruction of the crumbling Sikh shrines. Gurdwara Janam Asthan of Guru Ram Das in Chuna Mandi needed to be reconstructed at the earliest. He also criticised the Centre for “downsizing the jatha”.


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