Jalandhar: Five Sikh high priests in Akar Takht announced on friday Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal Due to mistakes made between 2007 and 2017, Sukhbir’s level of culpability is several notches higher than before. sad The president tried to make his position clear in his reply submitted to the Akal Takht Jathedar.
“Tankhaiya”, usually means religious misconductIn this case, serious pansexual (religious) political misconduct is included. Sukhbir In an apology submitted to the Akal Takht Jathedar in July in response to accusations by Akali dissidents, he did not specify the mistakes he had made. He was evasive while expressing remorse.
On July 1, SAD dissidents Bibi Jagir Kaur, Parminder Singh Dhindsa, Surjit Singh Rakhra, Prem Singh Chandumajra, Sarwan Singh Phillaur, Sucha Singh Chottepur, Bhai Manjit Singh and others met the Akal Takht jathedar and admitted in writing that they were involved in religious violations of the SAD during their rule in Punjab from 2007 to 2017. their actions and seek religious atonement.
However, the language used in Friday’s statement threatens to cause more trouble for Sukhbir and put more pressure on Sikh clerics to take harsher punitive measures, which many are already calling for. Do. Sikh communityactivists and critics of Sukhbir.
In a reply submitted on July 24, Sukhbir apologized for “all that was said against him in the complaint” submitted by the leader of the dissident Syrian Democratic Union (now the Shiromani Akali Dal reform movement), saying that all Mistakes are “chet achet vich hoian inhan saarian bhullan” (all mistakes committed intentionally or unintentionally) and as a humble Sikh admit these mistakes. However, the five high priests chose to call these “his decisions” and “gunahan” (crimes), and they seemed to blame him for weakening the Akali Dal.
Demands have been made by Sikh groups and activists, some of whom have submitted representations to Akal Takht, that he should not get away with relying solely on traditional ‘tankhah’ (religious punishment) and that Sukh should be punished. Bill takes some strong decisions. The statement was intended to provide an excuse for his critics.
Just after Akal Takht announced the news, Sukhbir posted on his social media account: “I humbly accept the decree of the Supreme Secular Seat Akal Takht. According to the decree, I will soon would go to Akal Takht Sahib and seek forgiveness.
Akal Takht decreed for serious Panti political misconduct
The then Union Minister Buta Singh was declared a “tankhaiya” for violating Akal Takht directives after Operation Blue Star. He was excommunicated in early 1985 because he failed to appear before Takht.
Surjit Singh Barnala, then Chief Minister of the Akal Dal, defied the Akal Takht edict and resigned as Chairman of the Sudan Democratic Unionist Party and Merged with other factions to achieve Akali unity and was therefore declared a “tankhaiya” and then excommunicated in February 1987. In May 1987, his government was also dismissed and he appeared in the Akal Takht. He later appeared in Akal Takht in December 1988.
Definition of “tankhaiya”
According to the Sikh rehat maryada (code of conduct), a person is sentenced to “tankhaiya” for personal religious misconduct, of which repentance is an important element. The English translation of the rehat maryada provided by the SGPC reads: “Any Sikh who commits any lapse in observing Sikh discipline should approach a nearby Sikh congregation and confess his fault before the congregation.”
Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha’s Mahan Kosh (Encyclopedia of Sikh Literature) defines a “tankhaiya” as “a person who violates the principles of Khalsa and deserves religious punishment”. However, the complaints by the dissident Akali leaders and the statements made by the five Sikh high priests on Friday are entirely against Sukhbir Singh Badal for (gross) religious-political misconduct.
