In the sweet, warm and loving memory of Dal Khalsa founder Bhai Gajinder Singh and martyr Bhai Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a tribute ceremony was organized at Gurdwara Shaheed Baba Gurbaksh Singh within the Darbar Sahib complex, where the Akhand Path Sahib was offered, followed by kirtan and ardas.
Shiromani Committee President Bhai Harjinder Singh Dhami, Jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargajj, Akali Dal Amritsar President Simranjit Singh Mann, Head Granthi Giani Malkiat Singh, Bhai Mohkam Singh, Shiromani Committee members Kulbir Singh Barapind, Bhai Narain Singh Chaura, along with a large number of leaders and personalities of Panthic organizations participated and demanded from the Shiromani Committee that the portrait of both of them be placed in the Central Sikh Museum.
On behalf of the Panthic organizations, Shiromani Committee President Harjinder Singh Dhami honored Bhai Gajinder Singh’s family members Bhai Darshan Singh and sister-in-law Tejinder Kaur by presenting them with a siropa. He also honored Bhai Gajinder Singh’s fellow hijacker Bhai Satnam Singh Paonta Sahib and Bibi Surinder Kaur, sister of martyr Balwinder Singh Jatana, by presenting them with a siropa.
Dal Khalsa and Maan Dal leaders said that Bhaji Gajinder Singh and Bhai Nijjar were dedicated to the Guru Granth and the Guru Panth and they remained lifelong fighters for Khalistan, who should be given national honor and respect.
It is worth mentioning that Dal Khalsa patron Sardar Gajinder Singh passed away in Lahore on July 3 last year and Bhai Hardeep Singh Nijjar who was murdered in Canada two years ago on June 19 by an Indian agency.
Dal Khalsa leaders Harpal Singh Cheema, Kulbir Singh Barapind, Kanwarpal Singh, Baba Hardeep Singh, Paramjit Singh Mand appealed to SGPC President Harjinder Singh Dhami to display the portraits of both the national heroes in the museum.
Paramjit Singh Mand reminded Dhami Sahib that last year, on the occasion of Bhaji Gajinder Singh’s final prayers, the Jathedar of Akal Takht Sahib had instructed the SGPC to display the portraits of both in the Sikh museum, but even after a year, the Takht’s order was not followed.
Talking to the media, Simarjit Singh Mann and Paramjit Singh Mand pleaded for justice for Bhai Nijjar and said that two years have passed but the Canadian investigation agency has failed to expose and arrest the conspirator who killed Bhai Nijjar. Kanwarpal Singh said that the Sikh Parliament (Shiromani Committee) should also pass a resolution of tribute to Bhai Nijjar in its general session on the same lines as the Canadian Parliament had paid tribute to him.
Informing the press, Paramjit Singh Tanda said that events are being organized in his memory in Germany, Canada and the UK, including Gurdwara Sri Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan.
Dal Khalsa Secretary Bhai Gajinder Singh has spent a long exile, most of which he has spent in Pakistan. He had hijacked an Indian plane in protest and anger over the arrest of Shaheed Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, due to which he was sentenced to life imprisonment in Pakistan along with his four companions, which he spent 14 years in jail from September 1981 to 1995. In September 2020, Bhai Gajinder Singh was honored with the title of Exiled Sikh Warrior by Akal Takht Sahib. Last year, on the occasion of his last prayers, the Akal Takht Sahib had instructed the SGPC to install his picture in the Sikh Museum.
On this occasion, Advocate Jaspal Singh Manjhpur, Harpal Singh Baler, Upkar Singh Sandhu, Sarabjit Singh Ghuman, SGPC Secretary Partap Singh, Darbar Sahib Manager Bhagwan Singh, Dal Khalsa’s Ranbir Singh, Jugraj Singh of village Wan, Avtar Singh, Arpal Singh, Master Kulwant Singh, Sukhdev Singh Hasanpur, Jagjit Singh Khosa, Surjit Singh Khalistani, Sarj Singh, Gurvinder Singh Bathinda, Jasvir Singh Dangu, Gurinder Singh Bajwa, Dilbagh Singh, Rajvinder Singh Mansa, Kuldeep Singh, Gurnam Singh, Gurpreet Singh, Satnam Singh Kanda, Gurniwaj Singh etc. were present.
