Punjab: The 'Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)' has launched a sharp wade on the BJP-led Central Government without the permission for a seminar defended to the '350th martyrdom year-end of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib Ji' was forthwith canceled.
AAP MP from Sri Anandpur Sahib and the party’s Punjab General Secretary 'Malvinder Singh Kang' strongly condemned the move, calling it “highly unfortunate” and “deeply distressing.” He accused the BJP of attempting to 'erase and suppress Punjab’s glorious history and heritage.'
What MP Kang said?
MP Kang so-called that this visualization was taken by the university wardship 'under political pressure from its ‘masters in Delhi’', a uncontrived reference to the Central Government. He questioned, “Why is there fear in discussing the sacrifice and martyrdom of Guru Sahib? What threat does the truth of our Gurus pose to them?”
What MP Kang said said about Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib?
A former student of Punjab University and two-time president of its student council, Kang said in his printing statement that 'the martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib Ji is not just an inspiration for the Sikh polity but for the unshortened humanity.' He added, “Guru Sahib sacrificed His life not merely to protect religion, but to preserve the values of civilization, humanity, and self-rule of conscience in this country.”
What he said well-nigh BJP?
Kang accused the university wardship of vicarial under uncontrived orders from Delhi, saying, “The Vice Chancellor is under pressure from the BJP government at the Centre. The BJP does not want the glorious legacy of ‘Hind Di Chadar’ to reach our younger generations.” He compared this move to the older incident of 'removing the portrait of Shaheed Bhai Jaswant Singh Khalra, calling it part of a broader struggle to ''silence Punjab’s youth and suppress Sikh heritage.'
The AAP MP revealed that equal to information received from students, the permission for the seminar, scheduled for 'October 27', was 'revoked considering prominent Sikh scholar and thinker Sardar Ajmer Singh' was invited to speak at the event, and some labeled him “controversial.”
What he said well-nigh Sardar Ajmer Singh?
Kang completely dismissed this reasoning, stating that 'Sardar Ajmer Singh has been an zippy public intellectual for over three decades, has no criminal record, and has spoken at ''universities wideness India and abroad.' “Stopping him from speaking,” Kang said, “is a uncontrived thumping on wonk self-rule and intellectual discourse.”
What MP Kang stated in the letter to Prof. Renu Vig?
MP Kang has written a formal letter to Vice Chancellor 'Prof. Renu Vig, urging her to ''intervene immediately and restore permission' for the seminar. He emphasized that the history and teachings of Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib Ji 'should be part of wonk curriculum', so that the younger generation can yank inspiration from His supreme sacrifice and contribute to a largest future.
What he said well-nigh AAP govt in Punjab?
He remoter appealed to the Vice Chancellor not to bow lanugo to political pressure and indulge the students to hold the seminar, stating that 'the unshortened world recognizes and reveres Guru Sahib’s unparalleled martyrdom.' Kang said the 'AAP government in Punjab is fully single-minded to protecting the state’s heritage and the voice of its youth, and will ''strongly oppose any struggle by the BJP or the Central Government to suppress Punjab’s historical legacy or wonk freedom.'
What he asked the university administration?
Kang reiterated that this receipt is part of a 'pattern of cultural censorship' seen under the BJP rule, where discussions on Sikh history, icons of Punjab, and self-rule of thought are systematically stuff curtailed. He terminated by urging the university wardship to “rise whilom narrow political compulsions” and restore the nobility of the institution by permitting unshut dialogue and respect for Guru Sahib’s supreme sacrifice.
