Hardliners to observe August 15 as ‘black day’

Amritsar, August 14

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The hardline Sikh groups such as Dal Khalsa, SAD (Amritsar) and United Akali Dal have decided to observe August 15 as ‘black day’ and stage a protest across the state.

Kanwar Pal Singh, spokesperson of the Dal Khalsa said they would stage protests on Independence Day against atrocities, political subjugation, agri ordinances and ‘denial of rights’ to the people of Punjab in the last seven decades.

He said the indiscriminate use of black laws like UAPA on Sikh activists and anti-CAA protesters had raised alarm bells among the minorities, who are already at the receiving end of the oppressor state.

He claimed that SGPC members Sukhdev Singh Bhaur, Karnail Singh Panjoli, and activists of the Rashtriya Muslim Morcha, Bhaujan Kranti Morcha, Sikh Youth Federation Bhindrawale and Akal Federation would also participate in the demonstration.

He said the activists would hold a two-hour demonstration at 20 district headquarters. He said the flagrant manner in which desecration and vandalism of Guru Granth Sahib was taking place unabatedly had made Sikhs angry.

He further said Sikhs and Kashmiris were not alone in this crisis of identity in India. All the minorities, including Dalits and Muslims, are also suffering. — TNS