AMRITSAR: Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir SIngh Badal today expressed " shock and disbelief at the most heinous outrage of the attempt to commit sacrilege at our highest and the holiest shrine Sachkhand Shri Harmandar Sahib."
In a statement here, Mr Badal said that it is impossible to believe that this could be the act of just one person. "There clearly is a deep rooted conspiracy behind it. Never since the the Mughals, the Masands and the Operation Bluestar has the sanctity of Shri Harmandar Sahib been made the target of such outrage . This is beyond belief."
Mr Badal said that today's development has left the entire Sikh quom in a state of shock."
The former Deputy CM said that there seems a conspiracy to inflict wounds of Sikh minds and to disturb peace and communal harmony in the state."
Mr Badal came down heavily against the state government saying that there were strong indications of such a conspiracy being weaved. Only the other day, there was a shocking incident of gutka sahib being thrown in the holy sarovar. After that, the state agencies could not have been unaware of a deep rooted conspiracy that led to today's shocking sequent of events. But no one did anything nor took any steps to prevent such a heinous crime from happening. What are the intelligence agencies doing?" aske d Mr Badal
The former Deputy CM said that there clearly is a deep rooted conspiracy going on and those at the helm have a lot to answer for this.