Chandigarh: Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring today lashed out at Akal Takhat Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh for his repeated call for providing arms training to the Sikh youth.
“I wonder what message he is trying to give to the world in general and the Sikh community in particular”, the PCC president said in a statement here today.
“Jahthedar Sahib your fascination for weaponising Sikhs goes beyond the rationale of peaceful coexistence”, he told the Jathedar while asking, “ are you advocating training of weapons for all or only Sikhs and won’t it breed insecurity and mistrust amongst the rest?”
Asserting that this will do no good to Punjab, the PCC president said the suggestion for training Sikh youth could not have come at a wrong time as Punjab was still mourning the death of prominent singer Sidhu Moosewala, who fell to the bullets of criminals at a young age of 28.
“Your ill advised call for weapons training could not have come at a wrong time as when Punjab is still grieving the loss of its illustrious son Moosewala, you are asking for arms training”, he told the Jathedar.
Warring urged him that instead of preaching arms training, he should spread the message of peace that Sikh religion teaches and not the violence as training youth in using modern arms can only lead to violence. “Or may you tell us, what is the purpose of such training?”, he asked.
