Sir,

From the very beginning when the Dodhras started operating 4 couple of years ago the member of WSO researched these people Samagams and their links to the Indian government to malign the image of the Sikhs. Then WSO wrote to Akal Takhat and received their reply regarding these people.

A letter with some information was sent to all the Gurdwaras of the world and warned the Sikhs to keep away from the Dodhras whose sole purpose was to sabotage the present Sikh struggle for justice and independence

Now Giani Nahar Singh of Ludhiana in his letters to us explained the hypocritical nature of this organisation People like Sant Amar Singh in Australia closely associated to Dodhras has already been exposed for his dirty deeds under the garb of kirtan training for the young children.

Now according to local radio news reports in Calgary Balraj Singh has been charged in five counts of rape and assault in which some minor girls aged 14 and 16 are also involved and one of them is pregnant These dirty deeds occurred between June 1985 and June 1990. This person now known to have fled to Malaysia.

The newspapers have described Balraj Singh as a leader and high priest of a breakaway Sikh faction.

The Sikhs and non-Sikhs must know that these Dodras are not Sikhs because they do all the things in their Samogams that are un Sikh and more related to Hindu rituals They do not regard Guru Granth Sahib as their Guru but call Babu Jaswant Singh of Dodra India as their Guru and read his message in the congregation. These people are financially supported by the Indian government secretly and their main aim is to sidetrack the current Sikh struggle for justice and independence Sikhs please beware of the Dodras and their Samagams.

Ajit Singh Sahote

Nepean Ontario

MADRAS: Bhishma Narain Singh was Friday sworn-in as the 14th governor of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Chief justice of the Madras high court AS Anand administered the oath of office to the 58-yr-old Singh at a simple function here.

Singh a veteran Congress (I) leader from the northern state of Bihar and a former federal minister succeeds S S Bamala who resigned on Wednesday in protest against his proposed transfer.

Tamil Nadu at present is under direct president’s rule in which the governor heads the administrative set up.

Article extracted from this publication >> February 22, 1991