High priests ‘should not shy away’ from open discussion
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, December 5Tribune News Service
Asserting that he had the highest respect for Akal Takht, which was supreme for him, former Akal Takht Jathedar Darshan Singh said today the Sikh high priests should not have “shied away” but come out in the open amid the sangat to discuss Panthic issues.
“Guru Granth Sahib is the Guru for me and I hold Akal Takht as the supreme seat and that is why I appeared before the Takht and not before a couple of persons in a closed-door room. During my tenure as the Akal Takht Jathedar I had never discussed any issue in a closed-door room.So what was the need for the high priests to do that in my case? In fact, they did not come out in the open amid the sangat even after I had left Akal Takht,” said Prof Darshan Singh while talking to The Tribune.
He also targeted a faction of the Sant Samaj and a couple of Sikh organisations, saying they did not have full respect for Guru Granth Sahib and that they were deviating from the teachings of the Sikh Gurus. “Why are the high priests saying that I should appear in the secretariat? I appeared at Akal Takht and they should have come there to discuss the Panthic issues with me,” said Prof Darshan Singh, adding that out of his respect for Akal Takht he had appeared before it along with his clarification.
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