COURTESY HT JAN 6

FARMERS’ PROTEST: WON’T INVITE MODI FOR SIKH CENTENARY EVENTS, SAYS SGPC

Bibi Jagir Kaur, SGPC chief
Surjit Singh

surjit.singh@htlive.com

AMRITSAR : Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) chief Bibi Jagir Kaur on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi won’t be invited for the upcoming Sikh centenary events as the latter had taken an “anti-farmer stand by enacting the three agri laws.”

“The Prime Minister’s stance has caused a great damage to farmers. So, we have decided not to invite him for the events being organised by us,” the SGPC chief told mediapersons here after the executive committee meeting of the apex gurdwara body.

Modi was the chief guest at the event to mark the 550th birth anniversary of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak.

Currently, the SGPC plans to celebrate the upcoming 400th birth anniversary of ninth Sikh master Guru Teg Bahadur in a big way.

The SGPC president also demanded immediate reopening of the Kartarpur corridor