Sikhs won’t tolerate any ruling against turban: Takht jathedar

AMRITSAR: Taking a serious note of the Supreme Court’s query on wearing turban, Akal Takht jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh said here on Monday If court rules against wearing of turban, the Sikhs will not tolerate it and they will lose trust in the judiciary.

After a Delhi-based cyclist, Jagdeep Singh Puri, challenged a local cycling association’s rules that required him to wear a helmet to participate in championships, the apex court, during the hearing of the petition, wondered whether wearing a turban was necessary

› Sikhs had made 87% sacrifices to liberate the country from the British rule, but the SC’s query suggests that they are being treated as secondclass citizens in their own country. GIANI GURBACHAN SINGH, Akal Takht jathedar

under the religion or just covering one’s head was.

In a statement issued here, Giani Gurbachan Singh said it is sorry to say that a Sikh was forced to wear helmet, which is against Sikh tenets.

“It is an established fact that a Sikh is recognised for turban on his head, which symbolises his dignity,” he said.

“Sikhs had made 87% sacrifices to liberate the country from the British rule, but the SC’s query suggests that they are being treated as second-class citizens in their own country,” he said.

He said, “Nobody can expect a good decision from the judge who does not even know the importance of turban.”