Grahan: SGPC Demands Ban On Web Series Based On 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots
SGPC president Bibi Jagir Kaur has demanded that Grahan web series based on the incidents of the 1984 riots be banned immediately as it portrays a Sikh character in an "objectionable manner"
Shiromani
Gurdwara
Parbandhak
Committee
(SGPC)
president
Bibi
Jagir
Kaur
has
demanded
that
Grahan
web
series
based
on
the
incidents
of
the
1984
riots
be
banned
immediately
as
it
portrays
a
Sikh
character
in
an
"objectionable
manner".
She
demanded
that
the
Union
Information
and
Broadcasting
Ministry
should
ban
the
series,
which
is
scheduled
to
be
released
on
Disney+Hotstar
platform
on
June
24.
Addressing
the
press
conference
here
on
Monday,
Kaur
said,
"A
Sikh
character
has
been
portrayed
in
an
objectionable
manner
in
a
web
series
called
'Grahan'
based
on
the
1984
Sikh
genocide.
In
the
web
series,
the
charge
of
Sikh
genocide
is
being
levelled
against
a
Sikh
character
which
is
highly
condemnable
and
fabricated."
"A
legal
notice
has
been
sent
by
a
witness
of
the
genocide
Nirpreet
Kaur
to
Ajay
G
Rai,
producer
of
Grahan
web
series
and
Sunil
Ryan,
head
and
president
of
Disney+Hotstar.
The
SGPC
also
supports
this
notice," she
said.
SGPC
president
Kaur
said,
"Through
this
web
series,
work
is
being
done
to
rub
salt
on
the
wounds
of
Sikhs
which
would
hurt
the
Sikh
sentiments.
Such
films
also
hurt
the
communal
harmony
in
society.
Therefore,
the
government
should
enact
strict
Information
Technology
(IT)
rules
to
curb
such
sensitive
and
objectionable
trends."
Kaur
demanded
from
the
Government
of
India
that
it
should
include
Sikh
representatives
in
the
Censor
board
so
that
controversial
scenes
related
to
Sikhs
and
the
Sikh
faith
could
be
removed
in
any
film.
The
SGPC
president
warned
the
'Grahan'
producer
and
the
head
of
Disney+Hotstar
that
if
the
objectionable
web
series
is
released,
legal
action
would
be
taken
against
them
by
the
SGPC
as
well.
Meanwhile,
Bibi
Jagir
Kaur
has
strongly
condemned
the
construction
of
a
replica
model
of
Sachkhand
Sri
Harmandar
Sahib
in
a
park
near
Punjabi
Bagh
in
Delhi.
She
said
the
Sikhs
could
never
tolerate
a
replica
of
the
Golden
temple
anywhere
in
the
world.
Kaur
said,
"When
this
issue
came
to
light,
I
was
in
regular
contact
with
the
president
of
Delhi
Sikh
Gurdwara
Management
Committee
(DSGMC)
Manjinder
Singh
Sirsa
since
yesterday.
Today,
the
DSGMC
in
support
of
the
Delhi
Sangat
has
immediately
removed
the
replica
of
Sachkhand
Sri
Harmandar
Sahib."
Kaur
said,
"With
such
actions,
some
people
are
deliberately
trying
to
provoke
the
Sikh
sentiments.
Such
acts
cannot
be
tolerated
and
should
be
stopped
immediately.
Strict
action
should
be
taken
against
the
culprits
so
that
no
one
could
play
with
the
Sikh
sentiments." Kaur
said
about
two
months
ago
on
April
7,
2021,
the
SGPC
had
written
a
letter
to
Twitter
Chief
Executive
Officer
Jack
Dorsey
about
the
alleged
hate-filled
tweets
by
some
users
against
Sikhs
in
India
and
abroad.
But
the
SGPC
has
neither
received
any
response
from
Twitter
nor
any
action
as
yet,
she
claimed.
Kaur
further
said,
"The
threats
to
repeat
the
1984
genocide
of
Sikhs
on
social
media
platforms
are
common
which
spoil
the
atmosphere
and
has
created
a
lot
of
resentment
in
the
minds
of
Sikhs.
But
no
action
was
ever
taken
against
those
who
spread
hatred
against
the
Sikhs.
"Such
hate
propaganda
has
increased
by
many
folds
after
the
farm
agitation
was
launched
against
three
farm
laws
passed
last
year
and
many
Sikh
organisations
including
the
SGPC
supported
the
same."
She
said
the
support
to
farmers'
agitation
irritated
certain
elements
in
India
and
their
supporters
abroad.
"We
all
know
about
this
certain
lobby
and
how
it
works
in
an
organised
and
very
vicious
way.
There
has
never
been
any
legal
action
against
those
indulging
in
hate-filled
propaganda
against
Sikhs
and
the
utterly
communal
and
anti-Sikh
elements
multiplied
their
efforts
after
the
farm
agitation",
said
Kaur.