Pakistan uses Cigarette packaging to pack Prasad in Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara

New Delhi, Dec 18: Pakistan has been continuing to hurt the sentiments of Indians, especially if it is related to religion. Now, reportedly, it has been revealed that the Kartarpur Gurdwara Darbar Sahib management committee has used cigarette packaging as wrappers to pack and distribute Kadah Prasad to devotees visiting the shrine located in the Punjab province of Pakistan.

 

Several devotees have expressed their displeasure and have accused the Pakistan government of playing with the religious sentiments of the Sikh community. Apart from that, some of the pictures that are being shared on social media platforms show pictures of a cigarette brand on one side of the plate.

 

 

Notably, consumption of Cigarettes and Tobacco is considered a cardinal offence in Sikhism. Reacting to this controversial matter, the members of the Sikh community have expressed rage and displeasure.

 

The President of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee and BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa has taken to Twitter to condemn the incident calling it a conspiracy to hurt the faith and harass minority Sikhs in Pakistan. “Sikh sentiments hurt repetitively in Pak This time Sangat given Kadah Prashad in Cigarette wrapper pages at Gurdwara Sri Kartarpur Sahib. This smacks of a conspiracy to hurt our faith & harass minority Sikhs in Pak. Earlier, they allowed models to shoot at Gurdwara Sahib premises,” tweeted Sirsa.

 

 

In his another tweet, the BJP leader shared the picture of the wrapper and urged Pakistan PM Imran Khan to take strict action against the Gurdwara managing authority.

 

 

Defending this issue, Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (PSGPC), said that an enquiry was carried out after the incident at Kartarpur gurdwara was brought to their notice three days ago in which it was revealed that this was the work of some anti-social elements who probably never wanted the Kartarpur corridor to be opened, said PSGPC chief Ameer Singh.

 

“We never used such packaging to distribute the prasad at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib. We have carried out an enquiry into the incident and based on that, we can say that this is the doing of some anti-social elements who don’t want Kartarpur Corridor to start,” PSGPC chief Ameer Singh was quoted by the Hindi daily, Livehindustan, as saying.