COURTESY HT DEC 28

ROW OVER ‘IK ONKAR’ ON NAVJOT SIDHU’S SHAWL
HT Correspondent

letterschd@hindustantimes.com

AMRITSAR : Cricketer-turned-politician and Congress MLA from Amritsar (East) Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday courted controversy after he appeared at a public event in a shawl carrying Sikh religious symbols.

Sidhu shared a video of his visit and interaction with residents of Sandhawala village in Jalandhar district wherein he is wearing a Magenta shawl carrying ‘Ik Onkar’ and ‘Khanda’ embedded on it.

Soon after, social media was flooded with messages, condemning his act.

SGPC general secretary advocate Bhagwant Singh Sialka said, “This is very unfortunate. He is known for such acts. ‘Ik Onkar’ cannot be printed on a cloth meant for wearing. We shall urge Akal Takht jathedar to summon Sidhu to the Takht. Sidhu knows the sacred nature of this symbol, but he is deliberately committing these mischievous acts. He will have to pay for it.