In a fit of anger, one in­di­vid­ual in a per­sonal re­tal­ia­tory mood can­not be­come a hin­drance or rea­son for dis­turb­ing Sikh-Mus­lim broth­er­hood in Pak­istan or else­where. Un­ques­tion­ably, what has been done by the ra­bidly hate­ful mob at Nankana Sahib was un­ac­cept­able and in­tol­er­a­ble, yet the Sikh com­mu­nity needs to be wise enough to make a dis­tinc­tion be­tween the act of a gov­ern­ment and a fa­natic.

WE UN­DER­STAND THAT THE ROOT CAUSE of the prob­lem at Nankana Sahib is the en­mity be­tween two fam­i­lies -one Mus­lim and one Sikh, over the ques­tion of the mar­riage of a Mus­lim boy with a Sikh girl. Notwith­stand­ing the cur­rent sta­tus of the case, each side must vent their anger and agony against each other rather than make it a Sikh-Mus­lim is­sue. The per­son who threw stones should have re­stricted his re­ac­tion to­wards the fam­ily con­cerned and not against an en­tire com­mu­nity and faith,” read the Dal Khalsa state­ment is­sued in Am­rit­sar.

Tak­ing cog­ni­sance of the de­vel­op­ments in Nankana Sahib, Dal Khalsa in a state­ment has called it un­for­tu­nate, cau­tioned the Sikh lead­er­ship and sought im­me­di­ate in­ter­ven­tion from the Pak­istan gov­ern­ment.

“While we con­demn the hooli­gan­ism at Nankana Sahib, we urge Pak­istan Prime Min­is­ter to beef up se­cu­rity at Gur­d­wara Sahibs in Pak­istan and en­sure that such in­ci­dents do not mar the great work that your gov­ern­ment has done and even un­wit­tingly no hurt is caused to fol­low­ers of Guru Nanak”, said Dal Khalsa spokesper­son Kan­war Pal Singh.

“Im­ran Khan is a sen­si­ble and an up­right politi­cian who has shown ex­em­plary courage to ful­fil the long-pend­ing prayer of the Sikhs by build­ing the Kar­tarpur Sahib cor­ri­dor,” added Kan­war Pal Singh urg­ing the Nankana Sahib ad­min­is­tra­tion to clear the air and nip the evil in the bud.

Dal Khalsa cau­tioned the Sikh lead­er­ship on both sides of the bor­ders to ex­er­cise re­straint and not blow up such cases out of pro­por­tion. It is nec­es­sary to dif­fer­en­ti­ate acts of state from that of a fa­natic.

Kan­war Pal Singh said that the anti-Sikh lobby in In­dian gov­ern­ment and me­dia wasted no time to flare up the in­ci­dent to cre­ate a com­mu­nal di­vide be­tween Sikhs and Mus­lims. “This will not hap­pen, how­so­ever much you try,” said Kan­war Pal Singh.