AMRITSAR: Giani Harpreet Singh Jathedar Akal Takht, the highest seat of sikh religion said that Governments should refrain from adopting the practice of oppression and illegal detentions of the youth who speak for their rights in democratic manner because Punjab has already suffered a lot and now it is necessary to move towards a better future.
In the memories of Punjab, there are deep wounds of oppression of the past governments and no government has ever been serious to take corrective measures, he added.
Jathedar said that This context cannot be ignored that there was a lot of dissatisfaction in the mentality of Sikh youth against the discriminations and excesses by successive governments of time. But there are also big powers which constantly remain waiting for opportunities to play with the emotions of the Sikh youth to make them directionless and scapegoats.
Giani Harpreet Singh also advised the Sikh youth to walk on the path of transforming their intellectual and academic life instead of taking the path of conflict and invited them to preserve golden future of Qaum (community). The government's policy of weakening the Sikhs religiously and politically creates a vacuum and unrest among the Sikhs and this practice is neither in the interest of the governments nor Punjab.
He added that in order to fulfill the interests of politics and power, today's governments should refrain from instilling a sense of terror, fear and alienation in the youth of the minorities and should uphold the rule of justice.