Vishwa Hindu Parishad welcomed the voice raised by Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) president Bibi Jagir Kaur and the Akal Takht Jathedar Giant Harpreet Singh against the illegal religious conversions in the state by the Church.
Dalits and Minorities Organisation Punjab head Dr Kashmir Singh opined that to counter the menace of missionaries in the Dalit Sikh community, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) should include the Dalit community.
Heran’s Punjabi daily had carried an article last week criticizing the former deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal for visiting Mata Chintpurni temple in Himachal Pradesh on the occasion of the ongoing Hindu festival of Navratri.