Attack on Dhandrianwale: Makkar condemns attack, says ‘ideological differences separate’

We might have our own ideological differences with Dhadrianwale but violence is unacceptable," said Makkar.

Condeming the attack on Sikh preacher Ranjit Singh Dhadrianwale, the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) chief Avtar Singh Makkar Wednesday said that though ‘ideological differences’ with the preacher are there but such violent attacks on anyone is unacceptable.

Speaking to The Indian Express, Makkar, who enjoys patronage of the Badals, said, “We might have our own ideological differences with Dhadrianwale but violence is unacceptable.”

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Defending the government and Punjab Police over the attack, he said, “Government and police are doing their job. Suspects have already been held and soon the entire conspiracy will be unveiled. Dhadrianwale might have spoken against the government but law is equal for all. All the culprits should be arrested at the earliest.”

Claiming that the attack had nothing to do with anti-government approach and speeches of the preacher, Makkar said, “He can say whatever he wants against government or Chief Minister or anyone else. But it has nothing to do with this attack,” he said.

Divya Goyal

Divya Goyal is a Principal Correspondent with The Indian Express, based in Punjab. Her interest lies in exploring both news and feature stories, with an effort to reflect human interest at the heart of each piece. She writes on gender issues, education, politics, Sikh diaspora, heritage, the Partition among other subjects. She has also extensively covered issues of minority communities in Pakistan and Afghanistan. She also explores the legacy of India's partition and distinct stories from both West and East Punjab. She is a gold medalist from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Delhi, the most revered government institute for media studies in India, from where she pursued English Journalism (Print). Her research work on “Role of micro-blogging platform Twitter in content generation in newspapers” had won accolades at IIMC. She had started her career in print journalism with Hindustan Times before switching to The Indian Express in 2012. Her investigative report in 2019 on gender disparity while treating women drug addicts in Punjab won her the Laadli Media Award for Gender Sensitivity in 2020. She won another Laadli for her ground report on the struggle of two girls who ride a boat to reach their school in the border village of Punjab. ... Read More

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