The members of the Panthic Committee held a meeting and Bhai Wassam Singh Jaffarwal issued a message. On the eve of Vaisakhi Day celebrations to the Sikh people:
Vaisakhi is a joyous occasion, especially for the Sikh people, because it was on this day in the year 1699 ata gathering in Anandpur Sahib, that the father of the Sikh nation, Guru Gobind Singh ji, “formally declared the status of nationhood on the Sikhs. Guru Gobind Singh further laid down the _ foundations of social democracy by transferring political authority (MIRE) to the peoples” representatives (Panj Pyaras) and the PIRI authority to Sri Guru Granth Sahib, which contains the ethics and ideals of the Sikh way of life. The Sikh people throughout their history have been waging a struggle to free themselves of foreign domination and to establish their independence. The present Sikh liberation movement is a continuation of this smuggle to fulfill this cherished goal and on the 26th January 1986 at Si Akal Takht Sahib (political headquarters) the Sikh people once again freely and democratically rededicated themselves formally to implement the goal of national independence, ‘The portrait of Baba Deep Singh as depicted, with sword in one hand and his decapitated head in the other, symbolizes the determination and courage of the Sikh people to liberate and free themselves against all odds. The sword symbolizes the means of defense and the decapitated head the will to resist until we have fulfilled our cherished goal of freedom. The Sikh people are undergoing a similar process of decapitation, damage and brutality as unleashed by the tyranny of the Indian State but despite this, they continue with vigor and values to resist and in similar spirit to our ancestors.
The Panthic Committee urges the Sikh people, that on Vaisakhi Day, whilst celebrating the birth of shalsa nation, to continue their pledge of allegiance and support to the goal of liberating our pressed nation from the yoke of (he Indian State and to march forward in the same-spirit and courage displayed by the Sikh people in the past.
Ajit Singh Khera
Article extracted from this publication >> April 22, 1994
