Sikhs not part of Hindus: Dal Khalsa

Fatehgarh Sahib-  Rubbishing the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s utterances that all those who are born in India are Hindus, the Dal Khalsa today reaffirmed that Sikhs were neither Hindus nor were they followers of Indian culture.

Rejecting RSS theory of “one nation, one culture”, the organization categorically stated that there were many nationalities living in India that have different cultures, histories, traditions and way of life.

Notably, Mohan Bhagwat, while speaking in Madhya Pardesh has remarked that “every person born in Hindustan is a Hindu”.

Chiding the RSS chief, party head H S Cheema said even our citizenship as Indian is temporary and that too because presently we have no choice”.

In a strong worded statement, he said Sikhs have their own traditions, history, scriptures, language and culture. He said though born in the Indian sub-continent, our religious leanings may have some affinity with Hinduism and Islam, but unmistakably ‘Sikhs are a distinct people’. He said Sikhs and Hindus are diametrically and poles apart in theory and practice.

The political philosophy of Chanakya, which the RSS follows, is based on deceit whereas the political ideology of the tenth master Guru Gobind Singh is based on trust and truth.