Dehradun, December 2
Gurcharan Singh Babbar, president of All-India Sikh Conference, has refused to accept land anywhere else for the construction of Gurdwara Gyan Godhari Sahib but Har-ki-Pauri where he claimed that the 450-year-old gurdwara of Guru Nanak Dev used to be situated before it was dismantled in 1984.
Gurcharan Singh Babbar, president of All-India Sikh Conference, has refused to accept land anywhere else for the construction of Gurdwara Gyan Godhari Sahib but Har-ki-Pauri where he claimed that the 450-year-old gurdwara of Guru Nanak Dev used to be situated before it was dismantled in 1984.
He said their organisation and hundreds of other sikh devotees would lay a siege to BJP High Command Lal Krishan Advani on December 20 in New Delhi under the leadership of Baljit Singh Khalsa Daduwal to protest against the state government for turning down their proposal of the reconstruction of the gurdwara at Har-ki-Pauri.
“We have staged various dharnas and demonstrations and gave memorandums to the state government as well as the Union Government but nothing moved in this direction. Taking inspiration from the BJP’s rath journey, we also carried out a ‘rosh yatra’ from Punjab, Haryana and Himachal from November 7 that culminated in Uttarakhand on November 10.” The Uttarakhand Punjabi Kranti Morcha has lent its support to the Babbar.
Its convener Kunwar Japinder Singh said the state government must honour the sentiments of the Punjabi community by building the gurdwara at the designated place.
Babbar said if BJP did not accept their demands, then it would face the wrath of the Punjabi community in the coming Assembly elections as well.
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