Amritsar: Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh has said that governments should refrain from creating an atmosphere of terror in Punjab due to political gains.
He said that the governments should refrain from resorting to state repression and illegal detention of those youth who are talking about their rights in a democracy as Punjab has already suffered a lot and now there is a need to move towards a better future.
In a statement issued here today, Akal Takht Jathedar said that there are deep wounds in the consciousness of Punjab of the oppression of the rulers of the past and no government has ever taken seriousness to heal them.
He said that the context cannot be overlooked that there is a strong dissatisfaction in the Sikh youth mentality against the discrimination and excesses of the governments from time to time, but to make the Sikh youth directionless by playing with their emotions and making them scapegoats, the big powers are constantly looking for opportunity.
He also advised the Sikh youth to follow the path of intellectual and academic transformation instead of taking the path of confrontation and called upon them to preserve the golden future of the nation.
He further said that the planning of the establishments of the time is very poor, due to which the youth should be hesitant to get into any debate that gives the governments an opportunity to suppress the Sikh youth.
He said that the policy of weakening the Sikhs religiously and politically by the governments creates confusion and unrest among the Sikhs and this practice is neither in the interest of the governments nor in the interest of Punjab. We all need to think about it, he added.