09-07-2006, 05:52 AM
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SGPC chief does a U-turn on Vande Mataram
[ 6 Sep, 2006 2010hrs ISTPTI ]
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AMRITSAR: Doing a U-turn, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee chief Avtar Singh Makkar on Thursday expressed his inability to prevent the Sikh community from singing the national song Vande Mataram on Thursday.
"How can I prevent Sikhs from singing Vande Mataram. I cannot even prevent SGPC-run schools from recitation of the national song. I alone, am not powerful enough to direct all the members of the community not to sing it," he told.
Makkar in earlier statement issued directions to all schools being run by the SGPC not to sing the Vande Mataram as it only "spreads a particular religion and does not fulfil the aspirations of minorities, including Sikhs, Muslims and Christians".
"It's a conspiracy to extend communalism in the nation," he said.
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> That's old K Ram.Here is the latest version:
SGPC chief does a U-turn on Vande Mataram
[ 6 Sep, 2006 2010hrs ISTPTI ]
RSS Feeds| SMS NEWS to 8888 for latest updates
AMRITSAR: Doing a U-turn, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee chief Avtar Singh Makkar on Thursday expressed his inability to prevent the Sikh community from singing the national song Vande Mataram on Thursday.
"How can I prevent Sikhs from singing Vande Mataram. I cannot even prevent SGPC-run schools from recitation of the national song. I alone, am not powerful enough to direct all the members of the community not to sing it," he told.
Makkar in earlier statement issued directions to all schools being run by the SGPC not to sing the Vande Mataram as it only "spreads a particular religion and does not fulfil the aspirations of minorities, including Sikhs, Muslims and Christians".
"It's a conspiracy to extend communalism in the nation," he said.