AMRITSAR SAHIB, Punjab—The apex Sikh body Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhik Committee has strongly objected over NHAI’s move of portraying Sri Harmandir Sahib as “Golden Temple” on the sign boards installed at Majitha bye-pass of Amritsar Sahib. SGPC’s chief secretary Dr. Roop Singh has said that portraying the central Sikh shrine Sri Harmandir Sahib as “Golden Temple” was totally against the Sikh tenets.
Dr. Roop Singh has further said that the move seems a part of highly deliberated conspiracy as everyone knows that the holiest Sikh shrine is renowned as Sri Harmandir Sahib or Sri Darbar Sahib. He has asked the National Highways Authority of India to take action against the elements responsible for this.
“We have written to the Project Director of National Highways Authority of India and the Deputy Commissioner of Amritsar seeking replacement of these boards with the correct one,” Dr. Roop Singh said while adding that the Indian and Punjab government must contact the SGPC before installing such boards to avoid any such mistake in future.
