Capt, Jakhar visit Bhaini Sahib
Friday, 21/12/2012
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Bhaini Sahib (Khanna) : Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee chief Capt Amarinder Singh, along with the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) Leader Sunil Jakhar, visited Bhaini Sahib today. They met the widow of Satguru Jagjit Singh and the next Namdhari head, Satguru Uday Singh. The visit assumes significance in the wake of the "succession war" within the sect and the recent protests against former state Congress president HS Hanspal, who is the Namdhari Darbar (Bhaini Sahib) president.
The International Sangat had on December 18 burnt the effigies of HS Hanspal and Namdhari Darbar vice-president Surinder Lyal, alleging that they were trying to create a divide in the sangat. International Namdhari Sangat president Navtej Singh, while casting aspersions on Hanspal's role in the appointment of Thakur Uday Singh as the sect head, had claimed that Hanspal and Lyal wanted to draw political mileage. This angered Lyal who called the International Sangat a fake organisation.
During Amarinder's visit today, Hanspal, MLAs Arvind Khanna, Gurkirat Singh Kotli, Punjab Youth Congress president Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary and senior functionaries of the Namdhari Darbar, were present at Bhaini Sahib.
Amarinder recalled the time he had spent with the late Satguru and appreciated his "selfless service to humankind." Later, interacting with mediapersons at the helipad at Raian village, he criticised the state government for "failing to maintain" law and order.
Alleging that some SAD leaders had unleashed a reign of terror on the state by sheltering law-breakers, he appealed to the Chief Minister to take action against those disrupting law and order in Punjab.
