SGPC
chief Avtar Singh Makkar met Sikh activist
Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa, on an indefinite fast demanding release of
Sikh prisoners across the country who had completed their jail terms,
here today and asked him to break his fast.
Makkar
and Haryana Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee head
Jagdish Singh Jhinda reached Gurudwara Lakhnaur Shahib and asked
Gurbaksh, who has been on fast for the past 54 days, to call off his
agitation.
Both talked to Gurbaksh for an hour, but he
refused to end his fast, saying his demand should be met first.
The
Sikh activist asked Makkar to talk to Punjab Chief
Minister Prakash Singh Badal about his demand so that at
least the prisoners lodged in state jails could be immediately
released.
Makkar assured him he would raise the matter
with the Chief Minister and with the Central government, according to
SGPC functionaries.
Talking to reporters, Jhinda lashed
out at the Shiromani Akali Dal and Amritsar-based SGPC, alleging they
were not serious about the issue.
"SAD's Bathinda
MP (Harsimrat Kaur) is a Minister in the Narendra Modi Cabinet, but
she has not raised this issue with the Centre," he said.
A
doctor who examined Gurbaksh said his condition was serious and
advised his immediate hospitalisation.