Lok Sabha MP and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is in America these days. He has often been accused of making anti-India statements while fiercely targeting PM Modi and BJP. But the kind of thing he said on Tuesday regarding the oppression of Sikhs in India will not be agreed with even by those who talk about Sikh rights in the country. During a conversation with the people of the Indian community in America, Rahul Gandhi asked a person his name and said that there is a fight in India about whether a Sikh will be allowed to wear a turban and a Kada, he raised the question whether a Sikh can go to the Gurudwara? In fact, no one has ever said such a thing about Sikhs in India till date. Sikhs are not allowed to wear a Kada or go to the Gurudwara in the country, hardly any Indian will agree with Rahul Gandhi on this. This statement of Rahul Gandhi has been condemned by all the Sikh leaders of the country. BJP’s national spokesperson RP Singh has said that the party will drag him to court for this.
You can understand from these things how much truth Rahul Gandhi is speaking about Sikhs.
1- Sikhs can board flights wearing kirpan in the country
Rahul Gandhi says that Sikhs do not have the right to wear turbans and bracelets in India. But he probably does not know that in India, a Sikh not only wears a turban and a bracelet, but he also has the right to go anywhere wearing his kirpan. Rahul Gandhi may not even know that Sikhs are allowed to travel by flight wearing a kirpan in the country. Sikhs can go to any government or private office with their kirpan. Not only this, Sikhs can go to schools, cinema halls etc. wearing kirpan. Kirpan is a curved dagger, which is to be worn next to the body in Sikhism. On 4 March 2022, the government once again ordered so that no one has any misunderstanding in this regard. BCAS had said in this order that only a Sikh passenger can carry a kirpan with him, provided the width of the blade does not exceed six inches and the total length does not exceed nine inches. Kirpan is allowed while traveling by air in Indian aircraft within India. It is worth noting here that except Sikhs, people of any religion are not allowed to carry any such weapon.
2-Turban is enough for a Sardar who rides scooter or bike, helmet is not necessary
Sikhs have been given legal relief across the country so that they can wear turbans while driving bikes or scooters. If any Sardar is driving a scooter or bike wearing a turban, then no fine can be imposed on him under the Motor Vehicles Act. People of any other religion do not have such a right. If any Hindu or Muslim drives a scooter or bike wearing a turban, then a challan is immediately issued against him.
3-Turban wearing Sikhs and Gurudwaras can be found even in the remote towns and villages of the country
If you google the most popular tourist places in the country, you will be surprised. One of the most popular tourist places in the country is the Golden Temple located in Punjab. It is also surprising that the highest percentage of people who reach here are Hindus. Devotion to the Guru is not only among Sikhs but also in other religions of India. Bangla Sahib Gurudwara is one of the most visited places in the country’s capital Delhi. It is because of the religious freedom given to the Sikhs that Gurudwaras can be found all over the country. Gurudwaras have been built wherever the first Guru of Sikhism, Guru Nanak Dev Ji, visited. There is Nanded Sahib in Maharashtra, Patna Sahib in Bihar and in the south there is Gurudwara Shri Nanak Jhir Sahib which is in Bidar, Karnataka and is known as a historical place. About 4 to 5 lakh people come here daily for darshan. There is also a huge crowd in the Gurudwaras of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
4- There is a long list of the country’s PM and President, Army Chief, Home Minister and Ministers who are learning
In our country, turbaned Sardars make their presence felt in politics, cinema, sports, everywhere. In politics, be it the Chief Minister of Punjab or the Union Cabinet, Sardars make their presence felt everywhere. Even in Uttar Pradesh, where the number of Sikhs is in decimals, turbaned Sardar Baldev Singh Aulakh is a minister. In India’s mainstream cinema, turbaned Sardars like Daljit Dosazh and Amy Virk are very popular. In the cricket team too, a turbaned Sardar in the form of Arshdeep Singh has made his presence felt. There is also a Sikh regiment in the country’s army. And many army chiefs have been Sikhs. The country’s PM and President have also been Sikhs. A strong reply to Rahul Gandhi’s latest statement was given by Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, who himself is a Sikh.
5- Modi himself has been wearing a turban and visiting the Gurudwara
The country’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been visiting Gurudwaras regularly. And every time he has worn a turban. There are at least 2 turbaned Sardars in PM Modi’s cabinet. Hardeep Singh Puri and Ravneet Singh Bittu are also Sardars and turbaned Sikhs.
Such lies have been fabricated for obtaining foreign citizenship
To obtain citizenship of other countries, some Sikh youth have been resorting to religious persecution for a long time. Sangrur MP Simranjit Singh Mann has said in an interview that he has given letters to many Sikhs in exchange for money, which falsely mention religious persecution against them. Anyway, this has been an old propaganda of Sikh separatists, in which they talk about the mistreatment of Sikhs in India. But now that Rahul Gandhi has also repeated the same things, the matter becomes serious. Rahul is the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha. And if he says that the fight in India is about whether Sikhs will be able to wear turbans, wear kadas, go to gurudwaras, then this matter is not funny, it becomes worrisome. This is more serious than separatism.
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