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Since when did Sants started feeling the need to run public offices? This is pure Kaljug.
Bhai Sahib Jio Kaljug is on the rise. According to this news Sant union is just power hungry. Ghor Kaljug jee Ghor Kaljug. Sant union showed their real colors now. I think one way this is good.
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Alliance with Sant Samaj aimed at Assembly pollJangveer Singh
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, August 10
Religion has taken a backseat to real politik in the SGPC elections with a candidate’s capacity to help the SAD in the coming assembly elections being the sole criterion for selection.
Till now the SAD would ask all candidates to fill a performa giving details as to when they were baptised and whether they followed theSsikh ‘rehat maryada’ besides queries about their contribution to the propagation of Sikhism.
Akali sources said this time the party has relied only on those designated incharge of assembly constituencies, whether sitting legislators or former legislators, to recommend the ideal candidate.
The idea is to use the SGPC elections as a springboard for the assembly elections and ensure the SGPC candidate and the future assembly constituency candidate work towards a common goal.
This strategy has created a piquant situation. The party has selected few candidates who are not baptised. The manager of the Damdama Sahib gurdwara at Talwandi Sabo says four SGPC candidates have opted for baptism in the last two days. The Akal Takth jathedar has also come out with a statement that all those who have been allocated ticket should undergo baptism immediately.
Party sources said besides selecting candidates as per the wishes of local political leaders, the SAD has reached a pact with the Sant Samaj, that has been offered 30 seats, with an eye to the assembly elections. The Sant Samaj consists of heads of various dera’s including the Damdami Taksal seminary, once headed by Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.
This community of ‘sants’ has always been at loggerheads with the SGPC and aligning with them would ensure their support in the assembly elections too.
SAD sources claim the Chief Minister has brought the Sant Samaj, including hardliners like the Damdami Taksal, back into the mainstream by agreeing to share power with them.PACT invites criticism
It is a political agreement not based on principles
— Joginder Singh Vedanti, former Akal Takht chief
The Sant Samaj doesn't follow the Sikh code of conduct
— MS Calcutta, former SGPC secretary
It is an unholy and unprincipled alliance
— Kanwarpal Singh, Dal Khalsa chief
The alliance will have dangerous repercussions in the days ahead
— Gursharanjeet Singh, GNDU scholar