:dateline:Dal Khalsa has urged the Punjab chief minister to tell the Centre: Hands off; we don�t need your planning; we don�t want your doles; we don�t want your legislative supervision; your governors; damn your safeguards, we don�t want to be ruled by you.
Accusing the successive central governments for provoking communal reactions against Sikhs in other sections of the country, Dal Khalsa has said repression of Sikhs in Punjab was first and foremost a political resolution legitimized by Indian democratic institutions like the parliament, the judiciary, the press and carried out by its executive limbs.
Commenting on CM Parkash Badal’s Republic day address at Ludhiana on Jan 26 seeking recasting of the Constitution on true federal lines, Dal Khalsa said that the Shiromani Akali Dal could not achieve its goal of true federalism so long as the party was under the shadow of the BJP.
The demand for autonomy remained the central theme of the Anandpur Sahib Resolution. However, after wresting full control of the once considered Sikh Party, Badal had deliberately abandoned the resolution. In the absence of any action plan, mere words of Badal will not cut the ice.
�His party�s alliance with the BJP- the party that favours strong centre and unitary Constitution- reflects Badal�s double standards. Congress and the BJP are at the same page so far maintaining Centralized structure of the Indian polity is concerned�.
Devolution of political power from the centre to the provincial governments was the guiding principle of India�s democratic progress. However, ironically the framers of the Constitution defied it and made the Centre all powerful. Obviously, for a readjustment of centre-state relations on the lines suggested by the Akali Dal, the Indian Constitution has to be redrafted from cover to cover.
Unless Badal severs his ties with the saffron party and joins hands with regional parties who are strong votaries of federal structure, the Akali Dal’s goal for autonomy would remain a distant dream.
:dateline:Dal Khalsa has urged the Punjab chief minister to tell the Centre: Hands off; we don�t need your planning; we don�t want your doles; we don�t want your legislative supervision; your governors; damn your safeguards, we don�t want to be ruled by you.
Accusing the successive central governments for provoking communal reactions against Sikhs in other sections of the country, Dal Khalsa has said repression of Sikhs in Punjab was first and foremost a political resolution legitimized by Indian democratic institutions like the parliament, the judiciary, the press and carried out by its executive limbs.
Commenting on CM Parkash Singh Badal’s Republic day address at Ludhiana on Jan 26 seeking recasting of the Constitution on true federal lines, Dal Khalsa said that the Shiromani Akali Dal could not achieve its goal of true federalism so long as the party was under the shadow of the BJP.
The demand for autonomy remained the central theme of the Anandpur Sahib Resolution. However, after wresting full control of the once considered Sikh Party, Badal had deliberately abandoned the resolution. In the absence of any action plan, mere words of Badal will not cut the ice.
�His party�s alliance with the BJP- the party that favours strong centre and unitary Constitution- reflects Badal�s double standards�. �Congress and the BJP are at the same page so far maintaining Centralized structure of the Indian polity is concerned�.
Devolution of political power from the centre to the provincial governments was the guiding principle of India�s democratic progress. However, ironically the framers of the Constitution defied it and made the Centre all powerful. Obviously, for a readjustment of centre-state relations on the lines suggested by the Akali Dal, the Indian Constitution has to be redrafted from cover to cover.
Unless Badal severs his ties with the saffron party and join hands with regional parties who are strong votaries of federal structure, the Akali Dal’s goal for autonomy would remain a distant dream.
