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Would Dera Sacha Sauda chief appear before Akal Takht ?
Satinder Bains
Tuesday, 05 August 2008
PATIALA: The chief of Dera Sacha Sauda, Sirsa Gurmit Ram Rahim is likely to appear before Akal Takhat Sahib after August 7 ?
Highly placed sources said here on Tuesday that Baba will appear Akal Takhat unconditionally to tender his apology regarding his act of mimicker as the Sikhs' revered 10th Guru and mocked the sacred and historic Amrit Sanchar ceremony of Vaisakhi 1699, at his dera last year.
Sources said that if all things will happened accordingly Baba will appear soon after the assumption of charge of new head of Akal Takhat Giani Gurbachan Singh.
Relations between the followers of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect and mainstream Sikhs have been soured for almost a year now.
Dera chief had sparked a huge uproar by the Sikhs last year when Ram Rahim allegedly tried to imitate the dress and activities of the last Sikh Guru Guru Gobind Singh.
The move enraged the Sikh community which demanded an apology from him. Later, Ram Rahim tendered an apology, saying he had no intention of hurting the sentiments of the Sikhs, but the Sikh clerics rejected the apology.
Now with the resignation of Giani Joginder SIngh Vedanti the way of his exoneration has been cleared, said sources.
Highly placed sources said here on Tuesday that Baba will appear Akal Takhat unconditionally to tender his apology regarding his act of mimicker as the Sikhs' revered 10th Guru and mocked the sacred and historic Amrit Sanchar ceremony of Vaisakhi 1699, at his dera last year.
Sources said that if all things will happened accordingly Baba will appear soon after the assumption of charge of new head of Akal Takhat Giani Gurbachan Singh.
Relations between the followers of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect and mainstream Sikhs have been soured for almost a year now.
Dera chief had sparked a huge uproar by the Sikhs last year when Ram Rahim allegedly tried to imitate the dress and activities of the last Sikh Guru Guru Gobind Singh.
The move enraged the Sikh community which demanded an apology from him. Later, Ram Rahim tendered an apology, saying he had no intention of hurting the sentiments of the Sikhs, but the Sikh clerics rejected the apology.
Now with the resignation of Giani Joginder SIngh Vedanti the way of his exoneration has been cleared, said sources.
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