| Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 22 May 2017 | Asia Samachar
A pressure group has fired initial salvos in an attempt to overthrow the present leadership of Malaysian Gurdwaras Council (MGC), largely on the premise that Jagir Singh and his team at the council are against the Dasam Granth (DG).
On 13 May 2017, a meeting was held at Gurdwara Sahib Pusing, Perak, to drum up support from the 42 gurdwaras in the state, with one of their leaders calling the MGC elected head a ‘kaminaa’ in his speech in the darbar sahib.
Former granthi Lakhbir Singh and Paramjeet Singh from the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Academy (SGGS Academy) were among those who gave speeches. However, it is understood that less than half a dozen gurdwaras were represented at the meeting.
“Let me blunt. Jagir Singh is a kaminaa,” said Lakhbir, who told the audience that he had served as a granthi in the state for three years ago many years ago.
“It won’t be long before they will want to exclude from the Sri Guru Granth Sahib the raag mala, baanis of the bhagat and the sevaiyaa of the Bhatt,” he added.
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In the same talk, Lakhbir also labeled Dr Karminder Singh – a senior Malaysian civil servant who has given numerous talks on Sikhi, including on stages organised by the MGC – as ‘dhusman’ (enemy).
Kaminaa can mean, among other things, rascal, menial, sordid, unworthy, villainous or disgraceful. A possible origin for the word is Farsi carrying the meaning of ‘minumum’, according to an entry at Quora.com. The word was used for the low-caste Muslims who were mostly the converts from the Shudra and Dalit Hindu castes.
Some parties who spoke to Asia Samachar have questioned the accuracy of some of the statements made by the group, including allegations that the MGC will some day remove bani from the Sikh scripture.
On its part, MGC has called an emergency general meeting (EGM) on this Saturday (27 May 2017).
“The EGM is to allow members ot discuss the latest developments. It’s a closed-door meeting,” Jagir told Asia Samachar.
In a separate development, MGC today released a letter denouncing a pamphlet, that has been widely distributed, as making ‘completely false’ allegations against the MGC leaders, including that they intend to ban the reading Benti-Chaupi and singing ‘Deh Shiva Bar Moheh’. See here.
The latest series of meetings to overthrow the MGC leadership seems to be a response to the string of the council’s programmes to promote the slogan ‘Ek Granth, Ek Panth, Ek Maryada’, meant to rally Sikh organisations, gurdwaras and individuals towards the SGGS.
While the MGC intends to underline the role of SGGS for the Sikhs, certain groups have taken the ‘Ek Granth’ series as an attempt to sidestep the Dasam Granth and other writings of Guru Gobind Singh.
Some quarters accept DG, a collection of work earlier known as Bachitar Natak (BN), as the complete writings of the Tenth Sikh Guru, while some groups challenge the authenticity of the claim.
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Specially for Jas’s posting of 24.
Yes we should listen to Guru Gobind Singh Ji and that brings me to his COMMAND……. “Sab Sikhan Ko Hukam Hare Guru Maniyo Granth”, i.e. Dhan Dhan Sri Guru Grant Sahib Ji.
So who is not listening to Dashmesh Pita’s Command. Yes none other than Jas himself with his contradictory posting.
Sat Sri Akal To You All.
Sad to see what is happening in our community…..bas….you all have become the greatest now….ki ho gieah tuhanu gursikho……apane guruji naal narazagi……kieoh puthi maat teh chaal reho tusi….kieooh.
Going against the Dasam Granth……..oye beefkoofoh…….wake up…..please wake up…..understand what the Shree Dasam Granth Is all about……go and get the knowledge from the wise-man…..unfortunately the great Granthis/Gianni are in the land of the gods and you are trying to separate the sikhs….why….what is wrong wit you all…..apne guru naal dushmni…..that also with our own Shree Guru Gobind Singhji Maharaaj….the master of the universal..our beloved father who have sacrificed his own family for Sikhism…what you all are doing is wrong…..raab toh darroh…..kymaat apni kaum teh nah aajeah…..please save this beautiful Sikh religion from some uneducated lost /sinners from giving us the manmaat……10 Gurus and one Shri Guru Granth Sahibji……that’s all…..get rid of all the negative fools who preach wrong about our Beautiful Religion. Sat Sri Akal.
Please follow the Sikh Rahat Maryada, all problems will be solves!
Interesting. No one is talking about removing Bani from SGGS. We are talking about not allowing the BN/DG to be installed in our gurdwaras, which as we all know, only SGGS can be installed in the gurdwara.
The biggest KAMINA and DUSHMAN of the community is this joker and clown by the name of “Giani” Lakhbir who is lovingly known as ‘Labo”. First of all he is what he thinks, and both words in capitals above apply to him. Secondly, he calls himself a Giani, but for those who do not know, he could not even pass his MCE/O Level Exams and that speaks of the quality of his self proclaimed Gianiship, which Harnaak is more than happy to advertise and talk about. Thirdly, he was literally kicked out of Sabha for his antics during last years Samelan. Since his exit his new found enemy is Sabha!! His ego is soooooo BIG that he goes around boasting that he is the only person in the country who can recite the 5 baniyas without looking at the Gutka? Derrrrr! What an achievement!!
Off course his new found friend is non other than sant parmjeet of academy as birds of a feather flock together. What they cannot accept is that MGCs Jagir Singh has shown leadership beyond par excellence in standing firm against these duo’s efforts to destroy the Panth Sikh Rehat Maryada of 1935.
Finally, their comrade Jasbir, the lifetime president of Pusing Tath (it has mistakenly been referred to as Gurdwara) as there are no elections and it became a family owned Tath, instead of the sanggat. Jasbir is dead against the SRM and his Tath practices Arti, dual reading of SGGS during akand path (wonder what the other person is mumbling when the akand path is going on!) and other rituals which the Panth have rejected.
So there you are, a bunch of frustrated people in the twilight of their journey on earth, shouting in one corner of a town called Pusing (merry go round).