Protest over police entry incorrect: Kirtani Jatha

JALANDHAR: The Prabandhki Panchain of Akhand Kirtani Jatha (International) has expressed its concern on the turn of events at the time of the annual SGPC office-bearers'' election with the action of the police in evicting the guests of Guru Ram Das from serais situated in the Darbar Sahib complex.
Equally reprehensible is the failure of the SGPC in not being able to keep the Darbar Sahib complex, free from police presence, a press release of the jatha says.
"Uniformed policemen were every where and all the office bearers, SGPC members of all shades of Akalis and even the Takht Jathedars waded through the sea of police to reach the meeting venue without even mute protest or objection. As such the present hue and cry over the alleged police entry is nothing but misleading. All those who attended the meeting thus cannot escape the moral responsibility for this sacrilege," said Prof Gurmukh Singh, member Prabandhki Panchain.
The press release further states that the daily prayer of the Sikhs as given in the Sikh Rahit Maryada (The Sikh Code of Conduct) clearly mentions the ''Bungas'' (hostels) as: "May hym-singing missionary parties, the flags, the hostels, abide from age to age. May righteousness reign supreme."
The simple meaning of complex is the combination of different buildings. A single building is not a complex. As such the space between different buildings of the Darbar Sahib is part and parcel of the Complex, it adds.
The press release adds: "It is further distressing to note that the pathway leading to the Darbar Sahib is being made disputable. It is a fact of history that the holy city of Amritsar was built by Guru Ram Das ji after purchasing the land and was known as Chak Ram Das. The whole city of Amritsar belongs to Guru Ram Das ji but now even the path situated inside the Golden Temple complex is being termed as disputed. No one except the panthic leaders and the panthic governments are responsible for this."
Prof Gurmukh Singh discloses that "the most distressing fact is that even a part of the parikarma has been leased out to a commercial bank well within the knowledge of then Jathedar Akal Takht Manjit Singh.
This is bartering the sanctity of the Darbar Sahib by the SGPC authorities. The Gurdwara Reforms Movement was started in protest against the commercialisation of the Harimandir Sahib complex. Is the clock being set back again?