Dera Sucha Sauda -Sikh conflict in India

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<b>Dera row: Centre, PM should play active role, says SAD</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->"The Centre and the PM should play a positive and active role to defuse the ongoing crisis," Sukhbir, the son of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, said.

<b>"It (the standoff) involves a community that had played a significant role in the building of the nation,"</b> he said. <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Sukhbir said he was monitoring the situation on hourly basis and stressed that the top priority of the SAD-BJP government was to ensure peace. He also sought cooperation from all political parties in defusing the situation.

He alleged that<b> "whenever terrorism raised its head in any state, the Congress was found behind it...Congress is responsible for terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir and in Punjab which witnessed violence for about two decades."</b> <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Asked about the alleged blasphemous act by the head of the Sirsa-based sect, he said,<b> "no Sikh will accept anyone hurting his religious sentiments."</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->