more-inThe Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) will not be a part of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) Sikh Sammelan, to be organised here on Wednesday, since it “hasn’t been invited to be a part of the event” which is being held to mark the 350th birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh. “All I can say on the issue is that since the DSGMC has not been invited to be a part of the event, how can it or its representatives participate in it?” Manjinder Singh Sirsa, the DSGMC’s general secretary and Rajouri Garden MLA told The Hindu. ‘Will never support’Mr. Sirsa further pointed out that the directions of Shri Akal Takhat Sahib on the issue, which held that it would not allow attendance of the Sikh Sammelan to be organised by the RSS, were clear and would be followed. ‘Creating mess’The RSS is organising the event “with a motive to create mess and nothing else”, he said in the statement which further stated that the Sikh community had a separate identity and it has “never interfered in any religion and would never allow any religion or outfit to meddle in its religious matters”. The Akal Takht had never announced to extend support to RSS events and would never do so in the future, Mr. Singh said in the statement.

Source: The Hindu October 24, 2017 19:41 UTC