After
being
barred
by
Akal
Takht
from
participating
in
a
religious
function,
Amitabh
Bachchan
has
written
a
letter
to
the
highest
Sikh
body,
mentioning
that
he
had
not
said
anything
against
the
community
during
the
1984
riots.
69-year-old
Bachchan
was
asked
by
the
Akal
Takht
not
to
attend
the
Virasat-e-Khalsa
ceremony
on
November
25
at
Anandpur
Sahib
over
his
alleged
utterances
during
the
riots
in
Delhi
despite
receiving
an
official
invite
from
the
Punjab
government.
Bachchan,
in
his
letter,
said
he
never
uttered
any
wrong
words
against
the
community
during
the
riots
and
was
not
involved
in
any
anti-Sikh
activity.
The
actor
said
that
his
mother
Teji
Bachchan
was
from
a
Sikh
family
and
so
he
and
his
family
were
fully
aware
of
the
Sikh
tenets
and
customs.
Confirming
the
receipt
of
the
letter,
Akal
Takht
Jathedar
Gyani
Gurbachan
Singh
said
that
it
will
be
discussed
during
next
meet
of
five
Sikh
head
priests
and
the
next
course
of
action
will
be
decided
later.
Takht
had
issued
directions
to
Punjab
Chief
Minister
Parkash
Singh
Badal
and
SGPC
President
Avtar
Singh
Makkar
that
Bachchan
shouldn't
be
the
part
of
the
inaugural
function.
Following
complaints
from
various
Sikh
organisations
and
intellectuals
over
the
participation,
the
Akal
Takht
put
the
restriction
on
Bachchan.
Earlier,
radical
Sikh
organisation
Dal
Khalsa
had
also
taken
a
tough
stand
against
the
Punjab
government
for
inviting
filmstars
for
the
inauguration
of
the
complex.