Dal Khalsa hits out at SAD over citizenship Act

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, December 15

Lambasting the SAD for endorsing the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Sikh political and radical parties have argued that the decision was against the spirit and constitution of the Akalis.

Deriding the SAD leaders, who celebrated the 99th foundation day and re-nominated Sukhbir Singh Badal as party chief here on Saturday, Kanwar Pal Singh of the Dal Khalsa said earlier SAD had backed the BJP in depriving J&K of its special status and now it had supported the Centre in excluding Muslims from the Citizenship Act.

The decisions were against the spirit and constitution of SAD and also deviated from the Constitution, he said.

Kanwal Pal said SAD had lost the moral right to demand political autonomy for Punjab by endorsing these decisions. Abrogation of Article 370, Ayodhya verdict and CAA were all leading India to a theological state of one religion, he said.

“Just because the Sikhs are protected under the CAA does not mean that we do not understand the malafide intention of the Centre led by the ‘fascist’ RSS and BJP.”

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