Global Sikh Council Supports Sarbat Khalsa 2015 Resolutions
Global Sikh Council Supports Sarbat Khalsa 2015 Resolutions
“Any such changes must assure a complete freedom from any kind of political or governmental interference. Ignoring the resolve of the Sikhs or playing political games with it through suppression, will mean violation of Human rights of the Sikhs and will put both levels of the Indian Government in negative light in the eyes of the world with consequential ramifications,” said Global Sikh Council Team in a press release.
OTTAWA – Global Sikh Council (GSC) recommends that the Punjab and Indian Governments listen to the sentiments of the Sikh masses in India and abroad, and take positive steps to allow complete sovereignty to Sikhs in the management of their religious affairs in supporting majority of the resolutions that were made at the Sarbat Khalsa held in Punjab last week.
“Any such changes must assure a complete freedom from any kind of political or governmental interference. Ignoring the resolve of the Sikhs or playing political games with it through suppression, will mean violation of Human rights of the Sikhs and will put both levels of the Indian Government in negative light in the eyes of the world with consequential ramifications,” said Global Sikh Council Team in a press release.
GSC also endorses the spirit of majority of the resolutions passed at the Sarbat Khalsa 2015 and will make all efforts to implement these resolutions even if in a bit modified form.
Especially important is the decision regarding management of the Sikh affairs with involvement from the Sikhs world over.
GSC is an organization of Sikhs from over ten countries of the world and would appreciate Sikhs from other countries, not yet member, to please join, so the Global voice of the Sikhs can be formed in an organized and structured way with input from every Sikh.
Global Meeting of Sikh Representatives from various countries will be held 18-20 March in Paris, France.
“ Let us make this meeting a pre cursor to the scheduled meeting of Sarbat Khalsa of Vasakhi 2016. Let us make this meeting a pre cursor to the scheduled meeting of Sarbat Khalsa of Vasakhi 2016. More details on this meeting will be share later,” GSC said
In response to historic Sikh event in the 1920s, SGPC was created by the British Government, through an act of Parliament in the year 1925 to transfer the management of Sikh Historic Gurdwara Sahibs from corrupt Mahants to the Sikh Community.
In doing so, the British Government also established its central Government authority over the SGPC. Where in turn, the political masters taking advantage, started misusing the (Government controlled) SGPC to exert their influence in other spheres by starting to make their keep, the SGPC to act as the default Sarbat Khalsa by projecting their politically appointed pawns, the so-called Jathedars as the final authority on Sikh affairs, which in turn, erroneously made the unsuspecting Sikhs to accept the so-called Jathedars, as the real thing.
GSC says that is, what is the root cause of all the problems that we are witnessing today in Punjab.
“It is time for the Sikh Panth, to limit the role of SGPC to the management of the historic Gurdwara; and to take on the responsibility for managing the Sikh affairs into its own hands as Global Sarbat Khalsa,” GSC said.
Global Sikh Council (GSC) represents collective views of the Sikhs on Global Issues, developed through collaboration. GSC endeavors to serve the Sikhs worldwide through National Level Sikh Organizations with no interference in the internal functioning of member organizations.
Founding Members are:
Australia: National Sikh Council of Australia
Canada: Federation of Sikh Societies of CANADA
Pakistan: Pakistan Sikh Council
Malaysia: Malaysia Gurudwara Council,
United Kingdom: Network of Sikh Organizations – UK
United States of America: American Sikh Council (formerly known as World Sikh Council – America Region)
ADVISORS
S. GURTEJ SINGH, CHANDIGARH, INDIA
LORD INDARJIT SINGH, LONDON, UK
S. KIRPAL SINGH, USA
S. PRITAM SINGH AULAKH, CANADA
Global Sikh Council Team
President: S. Gulbarg Singh, US
Vice President: S. Lady Kanwaljit Kaur, UK
Secretary: S. Gurdeep Singh Ji Kundan, Switzerland.
Media and Public Relations: S. Jatinder Singh Ji Uppal, Thailand
Treasurer: S. Harcharan Singh, Malaysia
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