Accusing Badals for politicising the sensitive religious issue, State Convenor of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Sucha Singh Chhotepur today said that since the AAP leader Ashish Khetan has already apologised for his ‘inadvertent act’ and Sikh Panth believes in ‘forgiveness’, opposition parties should be beware of politicise it to disturb the communal harmony in the state.While talking to media, Chhotepur said it was unfortunate that AAP leader Ashish Khetan inadvertently compared the party’s youth manifesto with Shiri Guru Granth Sabhib and later on Khetan submitted his apology. “Sikhism believes in forgiveness and earlier also it pardoned many serious mistakes”, Chhotepur added.“Opposition parties are deliberately politicising this issue. Better they should fight us politically”, Chhotepur said.
Chhotepur said that during LS poll campaign, Punjab Cabinet Minister Bikram Singh Majithia, while getting overboard of ‘sycophancy’, desecrated the “Gurbani” in praise of Arun Jaitely, but later he submitted apology and Sikh Panth had pardoned him.Even Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had committed a ‘blunder’ by terming him “Bahadur” in comparison with Baba Banda Singh Bahadur, Chhotepur said adding that even PPCC Chief Captain Amarinder Singh also committed religious mistake by taking oath having ‘Gutka’ in his hand while wearing shoes at Bathinda during his coronation ceremony.Even Head of the Manifesto Committee Kanwar Sandhi and Khetan also submitted apology for publishing mistakes on the front page of the Youth Manifesto of AAP, he said.