HSGMC chief Baljit Singh Daduwal asks Sikh youth to stay away from 'Khalistan'

Chandigarh, Aug 3: Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (HSGMC) chief Baljit Singh Daduwal has become the first prominent hardliner Sikh preacher to ask Sikh youths, especially baptized ones, to stay away from dollar dreams shown by a secessionist organization in the name of Khalistan.

 

 

 

In a video message, Daduwal said many Sikh families were suffering because their young sons were getting lured by payment of a few hundred to thousand dollars and promise of a job made by a US-based secessionist organization in exchange for hosting Khalistan flags or painting its slogans.

 

 

 

“It is tragic that Sikhs, mainly Amritdhari youths, have got swayed by these promises and end up in jail. They are not even getting bail. Many youths have been in jail for over two years. Many recently approached me for relief. The organization that got this unlawful work done didn’t even pay them,” Daduwal said. Daduwal’s appeal holds significance as he was earlier associated with hardline leaders including Jagtar Hawara. Daduwal was made parallel Jathedar of Takht Damdama Sahib while Beant Singh assassination convict Jagtar Singh Hawara was made parallel Jathedar of Akal Takht Sahib by Sarbat Khalsa in 2015. Recently, the banned organization appealed to Haryana youths also to hoist flags and paint slogans. An audio recording of the phone calls made by the organization to two persons of Shambu, Rajpura, revealed that the organization was luring Haryana youths. Daduwal said while youths from other communities or even non-baptized Sikhs were making good careers abroad, some baptized Sikhs were getting stuck in such cases.

 

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“If the foreign organizations are so concerned about unemployment, they should come here and open factories or invest in projects to help Punjab youths,” he said.