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Amritsar, Apr 21 (PTI) Jathedar Akal Takht Giani Harpreet Singh on Thursday said to gain the trust of the Sikhs, the central government should fulfill every promise made to the community since the partition of the country in 1947.
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Harjinder Singh Dhami too appealed to the Centre to resolve the issues of the Sikhs on the occasion of the 400 Parkash Purb (birth anniversary) of Guru Tegh Bahadur.
The two were speaking here in connection with the 400th birth anniversary celebrations of the ninth Sikh Guru.
In his address, Giani Harpreet Singh said, "The motive of the martyrdom of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib Ji was to provide right to practice the faith/religion to everyone but today in India, by going against the ideology of the Guru Sahib, the religious beliefs of minorities are being suppressed.” "Sikh issues are not being resolved.
The promises made to the Sikhs since the partition of the country in 1947 to date have not been fulfilled and that is why there is an environment of disbelief among Sikhs," said the Jathedar of Akal Takht, the Sikh temporal seat.
He said to gain the trust of the Sikhs, the Central government should fulfill every promise made to the community since the partition of the country.