Akali Dal slams interpretation of Anandpur Sahib decision in NCERT textbooks
CHANDIGARH: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Monday condemned interpretation of the Anandpur Sahib decision as a separatist agenda in new NCERT textbooks, asserting this had been executed as a part of a conspiracy to defame the Sikh group whereas asserting that the decision stood for the unity and integrity of the nation and solely sought to advertise federalism inside the constitutional framework.
Addressing the media right here, senior SAD leaders Prem Singh Chandumajra and Daljit Singh Cheema demanded the mistaken interpretation be withdrawn instantly.
Additionally they mentioned a senior SAD delegation would meet the Union Schooling Minister and apprise him about key details that had been twisted with regard to the Anandpur Sahib decision in addition to SAD and demand that they be corrected by instituting a committee of Punjab historians for this function.
The leaders additionally mentioned they might demand that due area be given to Punjab historical past in NCERT books, together with the position of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, and Sikh generals like Hari Singh Nalwa.
The SAD leaders additionally appealed to the Opposition events to come back on one platform to name for instituting a real federal construction which was the necessity of the hour within the nation.
Giving particulars, Chandumajra mentioned it was unlucky {that a} deliberate try was being made to spoil the picture of the Sikh group throughout the nation. “The current authorities is following within the footsteps of the Congress occasion which defamed the whole Sikh group for political good points. Twisting details to current the Sikh group in a mistaken solution to impressionable minds is harmful and can work towards the pursuits of the nation.”
Concerning the Anandpur Sahib decision, he mentioned the nation accepted the decision and the Sarkaria Fee was instituted to overview Centre-state relations.
“Following this the misuse of Article 356 which was used to destabilise democratically elected governments was additionally drastically diminished. All regional events additionally hailed the doc which mirrored the regional aspirations of individuals of the nation.”
Chandumajra and Cheema mentioned Sikhs have been a patriotic group which had not solely left the lands and properties in Pakistan post-Partition but additionally their sacred websites, together with Sri Nankana Sahib.
“The contributions of the group within the freedom motion in addition to in safeguarding the nation’s borders and in making the nation meals adequate are recognized to all.”
They mentioned equally the optimistic position performed by SAD in strengthening unity and integrity of the nation had not been mirrored by the NCERT.
In the meantime, Cheema mentioned the chapter on the 1984 bloodbath of Sikhs in Delhi and different elements of the nation had additionally not been depicted in the best perspective by the NCERT.
He mentioned regardless that the Nanavati Fee gave the identify of the political occasion in addition to Congress leaders liable for the mass homicide of Sikhs, the NCERT had chosen to stay ambiguous on this.
He mentioned there was no element on the motion taken by the state to proper the mistaken executed to the Sikh group.