Will abide by whatever directive is issued: AAP MP Malwinder Kang amidst anti-sacrilege law row

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New Delhi : Amidst the continued controversy surrounding Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann and the anti-sacrilege laws, AAP MP Malwinder Singh Kang on Monday mentioned the celebration would abide by no matter directive is issued by the best temporal seat of the Sikhs.

Kang mentioned Sri Akal Takht Sahib is the supreme establishment for Sikhs the world over and its directives are accepted with utmost reverence. “Sri Akal Takht Sahib is the supreme establishment of the Sikhs. Wherever a Sikh resides on the planet, they bow their heads earlier than Sri Akal Takht Sahib, and any directive issued from there may be accepted by us with the utmost reverence. Right now, all our Sikh MLAs from the Punjab Legislative Meeting and ministers will seem earlier than Sri Akal Takht Sahib and abide by no matter directive is issued,” Kang instructed news company.

In the meantime, Congress chief Pargat Singh criticised each the Centre and the Aam Aadmi Celebration over the difficulty of sacrilege circumstances, alleging that the matter was being politicised. He mentioned these discovered responsible in sacrilege circumstances registered after 2015 ought to obtain strict punishment, however alleged that AAP nationwide convenor Arvind Kejriwal was diverting consideration from the difficulty for political good points.

Pargat Singh additionally claimed that there was no distinction between the pondering of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Arvind Kejriwal. He alleged that simply because the Centre had tried to divide farmers by the farm legal guidelines, an identical strategy was now being adopted in Punjab. He additional alleged that efforts had been underway to impose new legal guidelines within the state and claimed that highly effective forces, with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann as their face, had been energetic in Punjab.

The Akal Takht has summoned Punjab cupboard ministers and Sikh MLAs to look earlier than it to current their views on the Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Modification) Act, 2026. The Akal Takht has sought a proof for a way a legislation regarding Sikh spiritual affairs was handed with out session. The legislation, handed by the Punjab Meeting on April 13 and assented to by the Governor shortly thereafter, amends the 2008 Principal Act. It offers for a time period of as much as life imprisonment for felony conspiracy within the desecration of the Saroop(s) of the Guru Granth Sahib with the intention to disrupt peace or communal concord, together with a effective starting from ₹5 lakh to ₹20 lakh.