Sikhs owe allegiance only to Granth and Panth: SYP

Anandpur Sahib : – The Sikh Youth of Punjab today asserted that none but the holy Granth Sahib was the perpetual Guru of the Sikhs.
“Today we were observing our National day. Though British suspended the political sovereignty of the Sikh people with the annexation of Punjab in 1849 yet we, the Sikhs, remain a Nation though subjugated. Sikhs having separate and distinct identity have been struggling to regain their lost glory and self-rule against all odds”, stated the resolution adopted at the function to celebrate anniversary of the birth of the Khalsa. SYP is the youth wing of the radical Dal Khalsa.
Through another resolution, homage was paid to martyrs of faith who laid down their lives upholding the sanctity of Guru Granth Sahib in the recent past. Appreciating the Canadian Prime Minister for offering apology for the Komagata Maru tragedy and observing Khalsa Sajna Divas in Canadian Parliament, the youth body said in the current international scenario when the Sikh identity was at the receiving end of hate crimes across the globe, Justin Trudeau’s gestures towards Sikh people would set an example for others to follow.
Slamming politicians from Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to state Congress chief Capt Amrinder Singh and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for visiting deras of heretical sects and cults in Punjab for electoral benefits, SYP head Paramjit Singh Tanda said the political patronization of pro-Indian mainstream parties to pseudo-saints and heretical cults encourages and emboldens them to undermine and challenge the fundamentals of Sikhism.Organizer of today’s function Sukhwinder Singh Bharatgarh said as a matter of principle, Sikhs worship only Akal-Purakh. “If the ruling segment of the country wants to foist Hindutva brand of nationalism on people, let it be clear as daylight that we would resist these designs tooth and nail in Punjab”, he added saying under no circumstances the Sikhs would chant the so-called slogans.
Senior activists of SYP Prabhjot Singh, Gurpreet Singh and Paramjit Singh Mand spoke on the occasion. Mand said Sikh nationalism and Hindutva radicalism was world apart. Our basis is One God and universal brotherhood. On the other hand Hindutva breeds and propagates hatred and parochial love for Bharat. Speakers said from university students to union leaders, from political dissenters to Kashmiri youth, everyone was at the receiving end under Narendra Modi rule.