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Read | No course left but stir, says Dhadrianwale Dhumma calls Panthic bodies Paradoxically enough, the Taksal today is facing the ire of other Panthic bodies for allying with the moderate Akalis.
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The wheel has come full circle for the Taksal since 1984, when it was the most radical of Sikh outfits. It has ruled out a CBI probe and tasked the SGPC with brokering peace. No wonder, the government has been fighting shy of pinning the Dhadrianwale episode on the Taksal. Even after the recent sacrilege incidents when the SAD faced the heat, and anti-Badal radicals called a ‘Sarbat Khalsa’ (congregation), the Badals won over Dhumma who kept a distance from their show. Dhumma paid back by supporting the Akalis. The moderate Akalis led by chief minister Parkash Singh Badal keep it on their right side.Īhead of the 2012 polls, Badal acquiesced to the Taksal’s long-time pressure to build a memorial to Op Bluestar and Bhindranwale in the Golden Temple. Today, among Panthic bodies outside the fold of mainstream Akalis and the SGPC, the Taksal remains a prime player.
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It lost its primacy when terrorism was stamped out and moderate Akalis gained prominence in the 1990s.
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At one time, it eclipsed the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), whose authority was undermined by hardliners and called the shots in Sikh religious affairs. The shaheedi samagam (martyrdom commemoration) on June 6, the anniversary of Bluestar, is undoubtedly the most important function the Taksal holds every year.Įven post-Bluestar, the Taksal emerged as a breeding ground for militants. The Taksal continues to wield sway on Sikh minds, particularly those connected with the turmoil of the 1980s. Even today, Bhindranwale is everywhere in the Taksal, in life-size boards, pictures. Majority of the 219 people killed fighting the army in Operation Bluestar were Taksal activists.
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He converted it into a fountainhead of fundamentalism and his followers into bands of militants seeking Khalistan. OF BHINDRANWALE’S LEGACY, AND POWER POLITICSīeyond the school that it is, the Damdami Taksal is a religio-political institution that first shot into limelight in the recent past when Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale took over as its 14th head in 1977. Read: Bluestar Anniversary: Sikh radicals detained, SGPC bans media at Golden Temple In the past couple of years, it has made a concerted effort to recreate itself from the rubble and project itself as not just the custodian of the legacy of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, its 14th head, and Guru Gobind Singh, the last Sikh guru, but also the keeper of the ‘purest’ form of Sikhism, wedded to modernity. For almost 30 years since Operation Bluestar shifted the wheels of Punjab history, the 300-year-old Sikh seminary that was at the epicentre of militancy seemed to have been caught in a time warp. Ironically, the venerable seminary is now under fire from the radical fringe for its proximity to the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD).ĭamdami Taksal’s stamp on the recent murderous attack on Sikh preacher Ranjit Singh Dhadrianwale has brought the spotlight on the seminary yet again.Īssociation with violence is not new to the Taksal, headquartered at Gurdwara Gurdarshan Prakash at Chowk Mehta, about 40km from Amritsar. A fountainhead of Sikh fundamentalism and once the nerve centre of anti-government extremism under the fiery Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, the Damdami Taksal has gradually embraced moderate moorings, shifting focus to religious education and preaching.