Indian Govt Bars Pakistani Diplomat From Visiting Sri Harmandir Sahib

Posted: 06 Dec 2016

AMRITSAR SAHIB, Punjab—Calling the act of barring Pakistani diplomat, Sartaz Aziz from paying obeisance at Sri Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple), Amritsar, as a “deliberated attempt to create a wedge between Sikhs and Pakistan”, said the Dal Khalsa.
In a press note shared with Sikh24, President of Dal Khalsa S. Harpal Singh Cheema has said that the Indian authorities have tried to denigrate the traditions of the central Sikh shrine Sri Harmandir Sahib by barring Sartaz Aziz under the pretext of security.
The Pakistani diplomat Sartaz Aziz was in Amritsar on December 3 & 4 to take part in the ‘Heart of Asia Conference’. He had arrived a day earlier than his pre-planned schedule to pay obeisance at Sri Harmandir Sahib.
Accusing the Indian government of striking multiple targets with single arrow, S. Cheema said that by using the ground of the Sikhs (Amritsar) and the shoulder of Afghanistan, the Indian government tried to spread hatred against its rival country Pakistan.
S. Cheema quoted the ‘Resolution of Anandpur Sahib’ in which it was written that it was not necessary for Sikhs to treat India’s ally (Russia) as a friend and India’s enemy (Pakistan) as an enemy.