Maintain dignity of Sikh community, says Daduwal

Maintain dignity of Sikh community, says Daduwal
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Bathinda, March 11
The hardline Sikh preacher, Sant Baljeet Singh Daduwal, citing a number of incidents related to clashes between the followers of Dera Sacha Sauda and Sikhs, shot off a letter to the Akal Takht Jathedar, Giani Gurbachan Singh, urging him to take immediate steps to “maintain the dignity” of the Sikh community.
The Bathinda police had rounded up Daduwal on Thursday morning to prevent him from reaching Dhalleke village in Moga district to join other hardline Sikh leaders visiting a gurdwara that was damaged during a clash between the dera followers and Sikhs on March 7. The police had released him in the late hours the same day.
Irked over his confinement, Daduwal, when he was in police custody, wrote a letter to Giani Gurbachan Singh.
Starting his three-page letter, Daduwal mentioned that it was his first letter to him. Accusing the Jathedar of not performing his duties towards the Sikhs as were required, Daduwal urged him to take immediate steps to maintain the dignity of Sikhs, who were allegedly confronting odd circumstances. Naming various sects, whose followers had a clash with Sikhs in the past, Daduwal categorically asked the Akal Takht Jathedar in his letter: “Do not remain confined to issuing Hukamnamas (edicts), get them implemented also.”
“When following your hukumnama, I along with a few Sikhs had come out of Gurdwara Jandalisar to visit Dhalleke village on Thursday. I was arrested by the police for no reason. Irked over the mental pain I underwent, I am writing you this letter. Hope you will take notice of it and lead the community from the front,” the letter states.