Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) leader Harjinder Singh Dhami on Sunday requested the Sikh network to take a look at the martyrdom day of the sons of Guru Gobind Singh as ‘Sahibzade Shahadat Diwas’ as a substitute of ‘Veer Bal Diwas.’
“Observing the martyrdom day of ‘Sahibzadas’ as Veer Bal Diwas via way of means of the authorities is a mischievous conspiracy to undermine the best martyrdom … withinside the world’s spiritual history,” Dhami stated.
“If the authorities virtually desires to pay homage to Sahibzadas, then what’s the hassle in gazing this present day as ‘Sahibzade Shahadat Diwas,’” he requested.
He stated that it’s a anciental truth that sacrifice of Guru Gobind Singh’s sons changed into vital in uprooting the Mughals from north.
But, Dhami stated, the manner the authorities is insisting on marking the day as Veer Bal Diwas, it’s miles clean that it’s miles “gambling politics on the behest of anti-Sikh forces.” Modi had in January this yr introduced that December 26 could be discovered as ‘Veer Bal Diwas’ to mark the martyrdom of the 10th Sikh guru’s sons – Zorawar Singh and Fateh Singh.
The SGPC too had in advance objected to the call of the day and requested the authorities to extrade it to ‘Sahibzade Shahadat Diwas.’ Dhami stated that at the order of the Akal Takht, a committee of Sikh pupils had advised the call ‘Sahibzade Shahadat Diwas.’ He stated the SGPC had despatched a letter on this depend to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Ministry of Culture. “But nevertheless the authorities did now no longer extrade the call.”
