DALIT SIKHS

Oct. 18, 2021

The deafening silence of the political establishment, in both Punjab and Haryana, over the lynching of a Dalit Sikh by a group of Nihangs at the Singhu border for the alleged desecration of their holy text speaks volumes about the fault lines it exposes — and hardens.

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In the run-up to the Assembly polls in Punjab, religion has become a hot potato along with caste.
Only last week, the Akal Takht head priest Giani Harpreet Singh, had warned against what he called were the dangers of forced conversions by Christian missionaries in the border belt. Dalit activists had blamed it on the poor representation of SCs and STs in the Sikh clergy.
This concern was raised just weeks after the elevation of Charanjit Singh Channi as the first SC chief minister of the state.

Source : Indian Express

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