Jagtar Singh

  Gurdwara Bill violates    autonomy of Sikh dynamics but SGPC must launch own channel Ground Zero Jagtar Singh Chandigarh: Apparently, there is nothing wrong with the enactment of Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Bill 2023 in the Punjab Assembly on June 20, 2023 to end monopoly rights to telecast Gurbani live from sanctum sanctorum of Darbar Sahib (Golden Temple), the centre of Sikh Faith. This issue of monopoly rights has been raised over the years in the Sikh religio-political domain. Presently, the GNext that owns PTC group of channels has the monopoly rights. This company is owned by the House of Badals, now headed by Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal. The management of Darbar Sahib complex is with the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee that is dominated by this party. The issue is that of encroachment on the jurisdiction of the SGPC which is a statutory body constituted under the Sikh Gurdwara Act 1925 in the name of amendment to this Act. The membe...

      New book challenges prevalent freedom struggle narrative, carries first ever comprehensive list of Punjabi freedom fighters sent to Kalapani Ground Zero Jagtar Singh   The very objective of creation of Ghadr Party in 1913 was to liberate India from British slavery by an armed revolution and as such, this was then first call for complete freedom rather than the 1929 resolution of the All India Congress Committee adopted at its Lahore session. Credit must be given to where it belongs for raising this slogan to end this distortion. Baba Chattar Singh and several other activists of the Ghadr Party suffered the worst in Cellular Jail that was Living Hell in Andaman. Baba Chattar Singh Singh was remained confined to a cage inn his cell for more than three years. However, going by the prevalent narrative, V D Savarkar was the one who suffered and his cell has been earmarked. This distortion too must go. Victoria Cross awardee Braveheart soldiers h...