Raj: 16 families return into Khalsa Panth

Sriganganagar, May 21: Amid row over the activities of Dera Sacha Sauda Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, as many as 16 families of nearby 3-H Chhoti village, followers of the Dera mission, have returned into the Khalsa Panth.

These families were baptised into the Khalsa Panth in a brief religious function held in the village gurdwara on Saturday evening.

Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee(SGPC) Member Surjit Singh Kang, Shiromani Akali Dal Rajasthan unit general secretary Tajinderpal Singh Timma and several others were present.

The head of one of these families Amarjit Singh said his family was attached with the Dera mission for the past 15 years but he was unhappy with Dera head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's act of appearing in the attire of Guru Gobind Singh in an advertisement.

Baghi Singh said his family was associated with the Dera mission for the past seven to eight years and were admirers of the Dera's philosophy of honouring all religions.

However, the Dera chief's above ''misdeed'' rendered shock to a large number of Sikhs across the country and he did not like this act.

Speaking on the occasion' SGPC member Mr Kang reiterated that the Sikhs would abide by the edict of five Sikh high priests and would boycott the Dera followers.

Local sarpanch Mohan Singh said some families of nearby Mohanpura were likely to return into the Khalsa Panth.

UNI

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