While many have criticised Giani Harpreet Singh's statement, some have also justified it, saying that there is nothing wrong in keeping weapons for self-defence, 'considering the state of minorities in the country.'
The Jathedar of the Akal Takht has called upon the top Sikh religious body to phase out the harmonium from hymn-singing at the Golden Temple in three years and replace it with string instruments.
Sikh scholars have expressed misgivings with the BJP government's efforts to portray the Sikh Guru as a symbol against Muslims, with several of them insisting he died protecting the ethos of religious freedom.