Dal Khalsa opposes all moves by the Sant Samaj and others to change or withdraw the Sikh Calender which has become an icon of victory in the face of Hindu fanatic attacks on Sikhism,be they ideological or military assaults on our places of worship or genocide on the nation.Nanakshahi stands for the seperate unique identity of the Sikh Nation worldover.
At this point it does seem that the SPGC and Akal Takht Jathedar have given in to pressure from demands by the Sant Samaj - and hidden Hindu forces - RSS & the sangh parivar to actually turn the Nanakshahi back in to the Vikrami Calender.A Calendar which is scientifically proven to be accurate using the Solar Tropical year system and not the lunar and a Calendar which is inline with Gurbani is today being torn apart by our very own so called leaders.
The Akal Takht Jathedar and his fellow Jathedars should hang their heads in shame along with the SGPC for giving in to the demands of the Anti Nanakshahi lobby the Sant Samaj and Hindu Forces.
It seems ridiculous that the Sikhs are going 10 steps back rather than forward and are reverting to a calender which is inaccurate and works accorind to the lunar cycle and that of Sun Worship and other hocus pocus which Sikhi rejects
We call on all Sikhs in the Panjab to stand united against this dangerous move to destablise the Sikh Qoum.
The Dal Khalsa, Akhand Kirtani Jatha, DSGMC, Shiromani Khalsa Panchayat, Shiromani Akali Dal (Panch Pardhani), Sikh Students Federation, Sikh Youth of Punjab, Akal Federation, Shiromani Panthic Council in a joint statement said the calendar was a valuable asset of the community and no one has a right or monopoly to amend or alter it.
Significantly, Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, American Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Sikh Youth of America, Sikh Federation of Germany, Switzerland, Australia & Canada, Dasmesh Darbar Surrey, Voices for Freedom, Khalistan Affairs Centre too have voiced their concern against the proposed changes.
VIDEO FROM NEW YORK OPPOSING ANY CHANGES
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDMVw8BL2mo
The Dal Khalsa questions the rationale and motive behind the proposed changes in the Nanakshahi calendar by the SGPC and Sant Samaj.
In a statement party president H S Dhami rued that the SGPC was going to kill the letter and spirit of the Nanakshahi Calendar in its executive meet scheduled for Sunday.
“I believe that the present house of the SGPC has completed its five year tenure and being in extension mode it cannot take policy decisions”.
Describing the SGPC head as spineless person, he condemned the SGPC and the SAD leadership for pushing the Sikhs into a Brahmanical fold by mixing the Nanakshahi calendar with Bikrami calendar”.
Issuing stern warning to Jathedar Avtar Singh, the leader of the radical group said his name (SGPC chief) would be recorded as a "culprit" of the community in the contemporary Sikh history.
Recalling the blunders of the SGPC, he said this was not the first time that the SGPC was taking a U-turn. The All India Gurdwara Bill, Heritage status for Darbar Sahib and so on met the same fate, he rued.
