DABRI, Haryana, India—As Sikhs of Dabri village in Karnal announced the plan to protest Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s address, he was forced to cancel his scheduled address there.
Khattar was scheduled to address a program at Dabri during his road show programme in six villages of Karnal district. However, as Sikhs announced to protest his visit, his office announced that Khattar would no longer be visiting Dabri.
Earlier, Khattar refused to pay homage at a gurdwara in Dachar village of Karnal on Friday, citing that the Gurdwara committee did not agree to remove a portrait of Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale installed in the langar hall.
As news of Khattar skipping the visit to Gurdwara reached Sikh outfits, more posters went up in Dabri and Sikh groups announced to carry a protest. A large portrait has also been installed at Dabri’s village gurdwara.
“We were planning to hold a protest during Khattar’s address,” said a Sikh youth from Dabri. “We are proud of what Sant Bhindranwale stood for and his posters will never be removed from the Gurdwaras,” he added.
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