Amarinder announced this during a rally at the village in the presence of Congress president Rahul Gandhi, who vowed to punish those guilty of sacrilege. Bargari was the epicentre of desecration of Guru Granth Sahib soon after the Akal Takht’s pardon to Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh for allegedly imitating Guru Gobind Singh. This snowballed into major protests by Sikhs across the state, leading to police firing at Behbal Kalan and Kotkapura. He said the then CM Parkash Singh Badal cannot escape the responsibility of owning what happened at Bargari and Behbal Kalan. “When the holy book was violated, the Akali leadership at the helm in Punjab overlooked people’s religious sentiments.

Source: Hindustan Times May 15, 2019 21:00 UTC