Move After the gap of more than 20 years Congress has again started to interfere into the political matters of Sikhism. This time it is the Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who is spearheading the conspiracy to break up the supreme and elected Sikh religious institution, the Shiromani Gurdwara Panbandhak Committee(SGPC). He has initiates a process for the formation of a separate Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Pabandhak Committee(HSGPC). His move has hotted up a war of words between various Sikh groups. Radical Sikhs have termed the move lead by the Haryana CM as Congress’ old policy of dividing the Sikhs. Congress had promised to constitute a separate Sikh body to look after the Sikh shrines in the state in its manifesto during the last assembly elections. But it is being considered as an attempt to gain control over the religious matters of Sikhs. Hooda has gone ahead to fulfill his political promise but he has underestimated the damage that can be caused by this issue to the unity of Sikhism as well as India. Political Blunder It must be learn that same kind of error had been committed by the former Prime Minister and Congress Chief late Ms Indira Gandhi that had become a major threat to the unity of the country and had created a wide rift between the Hindus Muslims. She had tired to use Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindrawala to take control of SGPC which result into the biggest political blunder of her life. Operation Blue Star, murder of Ms Indira Gandhi, Sikh killings in Delhi and militancy in Punjab was the result of the move. Punjab CM Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Prakash Singh Badal has met Prime Minister Sardar Manmohan Singh on Friday and requested him to intervene into the matter before the situation becomes a national crisis. Badals As for as the SGPC is concerned, it has lost its commands over Sikhs. Sikh faith in SGPC has been shaken because it is being controlled by Badal supporters for many years. It has become only a political body as it is evident from the frequent changes of SGPC Jathedars(SGPC heads). Who ever raised voice against the corruption prevalent in the ‘supreme and elected religious Sikh body’ or the dominance of ‘Badals’ he is overthrown from the post. Some critics say that Badals have gained undemocratic control over the functioning of SGPC. To what [...]
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India Qualify for 2011 Asia Football Cup
August 23rd, 2008 
krishna AFC Challenge Cup Final It is after the long gap of 24 years that India will play in the Asia Football Cup in 2011 in Doha. India has secured its entry by defeating champion Tajikistan 4-1 in the eight-nation AFC Challenge Cup football tournament final played in New Delhi on Wednesday, August 13. It was in 1984 when, India, under the guidance of their Yugoslav coach Ciric Milovan had played in the Asia cup. Before it they had played in the Asia cup final in 1964 in which they were defeated by Israel. Final was scheduled to be played in Hyderabad but because of incessant is was shifted to Ambedkar Stadium which was almost full to its spectators’ capacity of 20,000.Indians dominated during both of the halves though Tajiks also tried to play an attacking games but Indian defenders did not let them succeed. Hat-Trick It was India’s best performance in the tournament. Star of the day was Sunil Chhetri he made a hat-trick of goals. India dominated the first half and scored three goals. India’s dominance can be accessed from the point that they were leading by 3-0 by the 23rd minute of the game. India’s first goal was scored in the 9th minute of the game by Sunil Chhetri. Next was also scored by the same striker in the 17th minute. It was captain Baichung Bhutia who scored the third goal in the 23rd minute for the hosts. Sunil Chhetri completed his hat-trick in the 75th minute. Sunil Chhetri gave a very tough time to his opponents as he pierced their defense easily many times. Tajiks made launched some good attacks but could not convert the chances into success. Indian goalie Subrata Paul foiled most of their attempts one of which was in 20th minute. Other Match Tajikistan’s midfielder Fatkullo Fatkuloev scored the sole goal for his side. If their striker Davrondzhon Tukhtasunov could have been played in the final the result could have been different. During their semifinal encounter with North Korea Davrondzhon Tukhtasunov was suspended because he was shown a red card . In another match played for the 3rd/4th place North Korea defeated Myanmar bu 4-0. Korean midfielder Pak Song-chol made a hat-trick. Indian football team is being coached by Bob Houghton.
