Bhog of Akhand Path held for 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims

Bhog of Akhand Path held in the memory of those killed in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots was offered at Gurdwara Jhanda Bunga Sahib, situated inside the Golden Temple complex here on Saturday.

Devotees and Sikh leaders gathered on the occasion expressed their displeasure at the denial and delay in securing justice to the Sikh families who had to bear the brunt of the riots, which had broken out after the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

In his address, SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami stated that the effects of the riots perpetrated at the command of the then ruling Congress party continue to simmer. He rued that justice has been eluding the affected families for the past 40 years, adding that the barbarity of the riots had left the humanity shaken across the world.

Earlier, members of a Hazuri Raagi Jatha rendered Gurbani Kirtan and Prem Singh offered Ardas. Baljit Singh, Granthi of the Golden Temple, recited the Hukamnama (edict). Offering tributes to the victims of the anti-Sikh riots, he termed it a heinous act against humanity. He said the Sikhs, who had sacrificed most for the country, were made to realise that they were outsiders and demanded speedy justice for the victims.