SGPC seeks apology from BJP’s Sikh national spokespersons | India News – Times of India

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) objected to a tweet by BJP’s national spokesperson R P Singh for referring to the Sikhs’ single largest representative body as Shiromani Church Prabandhak Committee (SCPC) and demanded an apology from him.
Singh had tweeted “The speed with which Punjab is being converted to Christianity, very soon there will be no @SGPCAmritsar. Instead there will be SCPC, Shiromani Church Prabandhak Committee”

The speed with which Punjab is being converted to Christianity, very soon there will be no @SGPCAmritsar. Instead t… https://t.co/33zSQ5OKxc
— RP Singh National Spokesperson BJP (@rpsinghkhalsa) 1659122958000

Reacting to this, SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami said, “If RP Singh is actually serious about the issue of religious conversion, then he should get the action done on priority as the SGPC case is lying pending with the Central government.”
Dhami alleged that raising questions on SGPC on the issue of religious conversions were not a normal reaction but a deliberate conspiracy under propaganda.
Demanding an apology from Singh, Dhami said, “SGPC is continuously working towards preaching and flourishing the Sikh faith, but some people like RP Singh are trying to subvert the prestigious institution of the Sikh community.”
He said it was reprehensible of the BJP spokesperson to twist the name of SGPC as a joke, which has hurt the sentiments of the Sikh community.
Dhami added that the issue of religious conversions had already been taken up by the SGPC and that they had written to Iqbal Singh Lalpura, Chairman, National Commission for Minorities.
The SGPC president said, “If RP Singh is actually serious about religious conversion, then he should ask his party BJP’s Centre government to take action on this matter as represented by SGPC. But if his statement is just to garner headlines and to do propaganda on this issue, then it is extremely unfortunate”.

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