Dera Sucha Sauda -Sikh conflict in India

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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Agnivesh said he would not like to comment whether it was right or wrong for the Dera head to have imitated a dress of Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th Sikh Guru.

"But it is a fact that the sentiments of the Sikhs have been hurt (due to the act of the Dera Head)," he said, adding, "They (Dera) should come forward and apologise." <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Rakesh Parkash Jain, Father Philips and Mohd Jamal Ahmed Ilyasi representing Jain, Christianity and Muslim religions, accompanied Swami Agnivesh.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->SGPC chief Avtar Singh Makkar told reporters in Amritsar said his organization would take all possible steps for compliance of the religious edict issued by the five Sikh high priests last Sunday against the Dera, <b>including closure of its centres in Punjab by May 27.</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->