Over 2,000 people from the Sikh community in Delhi joined the BJP amid ongoing Lok Sabha Elections, in the presence of party National President JP Nadda, National General Secretary Tarun Chugh, party leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa, and Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva. Voting for all seven Lok Sabha Parliamentary seats in Delhi will be held on May 26 as part of Phase 6 of the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections.
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BJP: Large number of Sikhs, including DSGMC members, join BJP
New Delhi: A large number of Sikhs, including members of the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee, joined the BJP on Saturday. Citing a host of measures taken by the government to help the minority community, BJP president J P Nadda on the occasion said if anybody has really worked for the community, it is Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Nadda also cited central government decisions such as the opening of the Kartarpur Sahib corridor, the FCRA registration for donations to the Golden Temple and the action against accused in the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases. He said the BJP highly regarded the contribution and sacrifices of the community for the country and will keep working for its welfare. The BJP has been in an overdrive to deepen its bond with Sikhs and is looking to put up a strong fight in the Lok Sabha polls in Punjab, where they are in a majority. A number of well known Sikh politicians from the state have joined the party recently.
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No leader has done the kind of work PM Modi has done for Sikhs: Nadda
Nadda also credited Modi with ensuring that copies of Sikh scripture Guru Granth Sahib reached India from Afghanistan.
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SGPC failed to stop Sikhs from converting to Christianity: BJP leader RP Singh
By PTI
NEW DELHI: BJP spokesperson RP Singh hit out at the SGPC on Thursday for passing a resolution against the RSS, saying the SAD-ruled panel failed to stop the conversion of Sikhs into Christianity and it was the Sangh that ran a “Ghar Wapsi” programme for the converts.The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) General House passed a resolution on Tuesday against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the ideological mentor of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), alleging that it is attempting to establish a “Hindu Rashtra” (Hindu country).
Reacting to the resolution, Singh said, “The SGPC has miserably failed to stop Sikhs from converting to Christianity in Punjab. To cover up their failure, they keep raising the false bogey of Hindu Rashtra. I challenge the SGPC president to present one case of a Sikh lured by Hindus to convert.”
Himself a Sikh, Singh asked how many times did the SGPC issue statements or act against Sikhs being lured by missionaries to convert and how many converted Sikhs were brought back to the fold of Sikhism.
“Rather, it was the RSS that used to run the ‘Ghar Wapsi’ campaign and bring converts back to the fold,” he claimed.
The SGPC, led by Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bibi Jagir Kaur, perhaps for the first time passed a resolution against the RSS, though earlier, office-bearers of the committee had individually given statements against the Sangh.
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Today, the birth anniversary of the tenth Sikh Guru Gobind Singh Ji, a symbol of Shaurya, the Khalsa Panth was established to protect religion
Guru Gobind Singh’s birth anniversary is a symbol of bravery and courage on Wednesday. Guru Gobind Singh Ji is the tenth Guru of the Sikhs. According to the Hindi calendar, Gobind Singh Ji was born in Patna Sahib on the seventh day of Shukla Paksha of Paush month. Guru Gobind Singh Ji, who sacrificed his entire family to protect the religion, had established the Khalsa Panth and made five kakaras compulsory for all Sikhs. Guru Gobind Singh Ji is the last Guru of the Sikh community, after him Guru Granth Sahib became a permanent Guru. Ardas are performed in Gurdwaras on this auspicious occasion of Prakash Parv. A bhajan is a kirtan. On this day people of Sikh community take out Prabhat Pheri and offer prayers in gurdwaras.