Dera Sucha Sauda -Sikh conflict in India

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So what exactly is the message of DSS? How does it differ from traditional Sikhism?
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Traditional Sikhi is very democractic! Five picked Sikhs (by all Sikh Sangat) decide on the Rahit (code of rules) and then Sikh Sangat votes on it. So if tomorrow all Sikh sangat votes on that Cigarettes are cool and sikhs can smoke it will be fine as per Khalsa rules of Guru Gobind Singh. Eventhough many Sikhs think of Cigaretts as "blashphamy".

So! the point is that Sikhi is very very democractic with Akal Takht being political head. Where traditionally on Holi and on Diwali Sikhs would gather and vote/pass out Hukamnamas (orders).

But these deras are against Sikh as one person start behaving as if Guru and people not realizing the "democratic" path start blindly following a dera head.

There is no priesthood in Sikhi either... All Sikhs are suppose to read Guru Granth Sahib and understand it as according to their own comprehension and not somebody else's interpretation. All the gurdwara priests are called "Bhai" i.e. "brother" i.e. "equal". they are neither high nor low than normal Sikhs or other human beings. So from this angle when people bow and revere a normal person like Jarnail Singh Bhindrenwale or Gurmit ram Rahim singh they are deviating from only accepting Guru Granth Sahib (a book) as their Guru.

Jath means "band"
Dar means "leader" so Jathedar means "leader of the Band"