Hardeep Puri and RP Singh receive ‘swaroops’ of Shri Guru Granth Sahib brought from Kabul

Vibha Sharma
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, August 24

Union ministers Hardeep Singh Puri and V Muraleedharan along with BJP national spokesperson RP Singh on Tuesday received the ‘swaroop’ of Shri Guru Granth Sahib ji brought from Kabul at Terminal 3 of the IGI Airport.

The BJP posted photographs of Hardeep Puri and RP Singh carrying the ‘swaroop’ of Guru Granth Sahib brought from Afghanistan on their heads.

Manjinder Singh Sirsa said the ‘swaroop’ will be carried with all ‘maryada’.

The three copies of Sikh scripture were brought to India along with 75 people, including 46 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus.

The passengers on board the Air India flight chanted “Wahe Guru ki Khalsa, Wahe Guru ki Fateh” in the flight from the crisis-hit country.

Many from the community and BJP cadres had gathered at the airport to welcome them.

These people had taken shelter at the Karte Parwan gurdwara in Kabul, which is close to the airport.

Speaking to media, Hardeep Singh Puri said, “Three Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji have been brought to India along with Afghan Hindus and Sikhs and stranded Indian nationals on the same flight.”

ਵਾਹੁ ਵਾਹੁ ਬਾਣੀ ਨਿਰੰਕਾਰ ਹੈ ।
ਤਿਸੁ ਜੇਵਡੁ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਕੋਇ ।।

आज काबुल से दिल्ली आए श्री गुरु ग्रंथ साहिब जी के तीन पवित्र स्वरूप के भारत आगमन पर उपस्थित होने और उनकी सेवा करने का अखंड सौभाग्य प्राप्त हुआ है।

ਧੰਨ ਧੰਨ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਗੁਰੂ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਜੀ 🙏 pic.twitter.com/eKmG8T2FCK

— Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) August 24, 2021

Puri, who has been citing the developments in Afghanistan to stress the need for a law like the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), said all from the Sikh and Hindu community will be brought back to India

“Recent developments in our volatile neighbourhood and the way Sikhs and Hindus are going through a harrowing time are precisely why it was necessary to enact the Citizenship Amendment Act,” he said.

Nearly 200 more Afghan Sikhs and Hindus are still stranded in Afghanistan, said Puneet Singh Chandhok, president of the Indian World Forum, an organisation coordinating the evacuation efforts with the Ministry of External Affairs and the Indian Air Force.