A photo of a broom next to the shrine had also added to the outrage among the Sikh community. Peermohammad had said in his complaint that Ashish Khetan’s comments comparing party manifesto with religious Granths has hurt religious feelings.
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Panaji: As the Aam Aadmi Party prepared for the 2017 state assembly elections, Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party supremo, Arvind Kejriwal continued to put pressure on the Laxmikant Parsekar government.
However, Kejriwal said he did not sweep the floors lest he be accused by critics of using his party symbol at the shrine.
He said Kejriwal came to power in Delhi on the plank of zero tolerance for corruption but now he is taking it “lightly”.
Amritsar police commissioner Amar Singh Chahal said that police would provide all security to Kejriwal. Kejriwal remained inside the shrine complex for almost one hour. “A person tendering apology and seeking forgiveness behaves with modesty and humility and not the way he acted today”, he said. Talking about the “sewa“, Gurinder Bajwa, Amritsar Zone In charge claimed “We have tendered an apology to Almighty for our mistakes which were committed unintentionally and I think there should not be any more politics on the issue”.
A similar protest was held by the Dharam Jagran Samanvya Vibhag (DJSV) and the Sant Samaj on the Airport Road.
“Among the party leaders present were state affairs head Sanjay Singh, state convener Sucha Singh Chhotepur, Supreme Court lawyer H.S. Phoolka (who had also performed sewa last week), and Punjab Dialogue Committee chairman Kanwar Sandhu and his team that had prepared the controversial manifesto”, notes The Tribune.
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Within the 15 days, this was the second visit of Kejriwal to the Sikh shrine.
