Chandigarh, May 17- A special meeting was held by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee at its Sub Office Chandigarh today to seek the opinion of senior lawyers and former judges on the petition filed by the Shiromani Committee regarding Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana. In this meeting, which was chaired by Shiromani Committee President Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami, a long discussion took place regarding the petition. During the discussion, the idea that the government should not kneel before it and the petition should not be withdrawn, but should move forward with determination came to the fore.
Talking to the media after the meeting, Shiromani Committee President Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami said that this is a very serious national matter, for which it is very important to form a national opinion. He said that the Shiromani Committee has been fighting a legal battle in this regard for a long time, but the governments are adamantly violating human rights in this matter. He said that despite the Honorable Supreme Court asking the government to take a decision on the matter, the government's attitude is extremely regrettable. He said that it is the duty of governments to treat everyone equally in their work style, but the approach being adopted regarding an important matter related to the sentiments of the Sikh community raises questions about the government's intentions.
Advocate Dhami said that when Bhai Rajoana was met yesterday, he had asked the Shiromani Committee to withdraw his petition. For this, meetings have been held with Sikh organizations, Sikh intellectuals and federations to discuss it. Today's meeting has been held in this context. He said that although Bhai Rajoana's anger over the petition is justified and he is firm on his beliefs, it would not be right to take a hasty decision in this matter. He said that in the coming days, a representative meeting of the Panth will be called to draw up the next outline.
In addition to Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami, the meeting included Justice Maninder Mohan Singh Bedi, former judge, senior advocate Advocate Puran Singh Hundal, Advocate GS Bal, Advocate Amar Singh Chahal, Advocate Rajwinder Singh Bains, Sikh scholar Dr. Kehar Singh, S. Kahan Singh Pannu, former IAS, Shiromani Committee member Advocate Bhagwant Singh Sialka, senior advocate Advocate Barjinder Singh Sodhi, Advocate Paramjit Singh Brar, Advocate Baltej Singh, former DA, Advocate Balwant Singh Guliani, Dr. Puneet Kaur Sekhon, Advocate Arshdeep Singh Kler, Advocate Ravinder Singh Sampla, Advocate Balwinder Singh Sudan, Advocate Harbhajan Singh Thandi, Advocate Rajeshwar Singh Suler, Shiromani Committee Secretary Eng. Sukhminder Singh, Deputy Secretary S. Lakhbir Singh, Incharge S. Azaddeep Singh, Manager Rajinder Singh Tohra etc. were present.