SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take up with Pakistan the transfer of Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara’s management from a Sikh body to a separate trust and ensure restoration of status quo.
Pakistan government’s decision to establish a project management unit consisting of non-Sikhs has hurt the sentiments of the Sikh community worldwide, Badal said in a statement here. Badal sought Modi’’s intervention in the matter.
He urged Modi to take up the issue with his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan and that the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) be tasked with the responsibility to ensure status quo is restored at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, Kartarpur at the earliest.
"This is also against the ‘’maryada’’ (code of conduct) associated with Sikh shrines," Badal said.
