<div><font color="Navy">November 26, 2011
Badal to be Honored with "Panth Rattan Fakhar-e-Quam" Title at Sri Akal Takht Sahib
Takht Jathedars, Nihang Leaders and Sants Become PR Puppets for Badal-BJP Alliance
Sri Anandpur Sahib (KP) - During the grand opening ceremony of "Virasat-e-Khalsa" complex that orchestrated by the Punjab government at Sri Anandpur Sahib, the Takht Jathedar announced that on December 5th, 2011 they would be honoring Parkash Badal for his "monumental seva to the Khalsa Panth" by giving him the title of "Panth Rattan Fakhar-e-Quam" (Jewel of the Panth, Pride of the Nation.)
Badal given Siropa by Takht Jathedars for his "gift" to the Humanity
The opening ceremony had already been marred by controversy when Sikh organizations discovered that various anti-Sikh personalities had been invited for entertainment as VIPs to the event.
Despite the call for boycott and a warning by Panthic organizations that this function was just another publicity stunt by the ruling Badal family for the upcoming elections, members of various Nihang Dals, and sant oriented deras were present during the ceremony in which religious traditions were disregarded and flouted.
The function stage was controlled by former Member of Parliament Tarlochan Singh who is infamous for his surreptitious connections with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and various Indian intelligence agencies. He has openly condemned the Sikh Freedom Movement of the 1980s and 1990s, and has even criticized the idea of establishing a memorial for the victims of June 1984 Army Assault of Sri Darbar Sahib Complex. Sri Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh, meanwhile, had virtually a nil role in the entire proceedings
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Badal to be Honored with "Panth Rattan Fakhar-e-Quam" Title at Sri Akal Takht Sahib
Takht Jathedars, Nihang Leaders and Sants Become PR Puppets for Badal-BJP Alliance
Sri Anandpur Sahib (KP) - During the grand opening ceremony of "Virasat-e-Khalsa" complex that orchestrated by the Punjab government at Sri Anandpur Sahib, the Takht Jathedar announced that on December 5th, 2011 they would be honoring Parkash Badal for his "monumental seva to the Khalsa Panth" by giving him the title of "Panth Rattan Fakhar-e-Quam" (Jewel of the Panth, Pride of the Nation.)
Badal given Siropa by Takht Jathedars for his "gift" to the Humanity
The opening ceremony had already been marred by controversy when Sikh organizations discovered that various anti-Sikh personalities had been invited for entertainment as VIPs to the event.
Despite the call for boycott and a warning by Panthic organizations that this function was just another publicity stunt by the ruling Badal family for the upcoming elections, members of various Nihang Dals, and sant oriented deras were present during the ceremony in which religious traditions were disregarded and flouted.
The function stage was controlled by former Member of Parliament Tarlochan Singh who is infamous for his surreptitious connections with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and various Indian intelligence agencies. He has openly condemned the Sikh Freedom Movement of the 1980s and 1990s, and has even criticized the idea of establishing a memorial for the victims of June 1984 Army Assault of Sri Darbar Sahib Complex. Sri Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh, meanwhile, had virtually a nil role in the entire proceedings
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