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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal connected Sunday (December 21, 2025) urged the Centre to instrumentality up with New Zealand authorities the contented of "disruption" of a peaceful Nagar Kirtan procession successful southbound Auckland.
On being asked astir the issue, Mr. Mann told reporters successful Dhuri that the Centre should instrumentality up the substance with the New Zealand government.
On the Nagar Kirtan procession that was taken retired successful southbound Auckland connected Saturday (December 20, 2025), helium said everyone has the close to propagate their religion.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) person besides said Punjabis are hardworking and wherever they go, they lend to the improvement of that place.
Mr. Badal urged External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to rise the substance with the New Zealand authorities and guarantee that beardown measures are taken to support the rights of the Indian diaspora and forestall the recurrence of specified incidents.
"Strongly condemn the disruption of the peaceful 'Nagar Kirtan' procession successful South Auckland, New Zealand, yesterday by section protesters," Mr. Badal said successful a station connected X.
Such intimidation threatens spiritual state and the tone of cosmopolitan brotherhood, helium added.
Mr. Badal said Nagar Kirtan is simply a ineffable and joyous spiritual parade of Sikhs, involving the singing of hymns from the Guru Granth Sahib and promoting devotion and unity.
"I americium gladsome to enactment that the Sikh assemblage responded with singular restraint and bid contempt provocation, existent to Guru Sahib's teachings of 'Chardi Kala' and 'Sarbat Da Bhala'," helium said.
Meanwhile, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Harjinder Singh Dhami said that the Sikh assemblage has ever made an exemplary publication to the welfare, peace, tolerance and advancement of the planetary community.
Despite this, viewing Sikh spiritual traditions done a lens of hatred is highly condemnable, Mr. Dhami said, referring to "disruption" of the Nagar Kirtan.
Mr. Dhami said the instauration of Sikhism rests connected the principles of Sarbat da Bhala (welfare of all), brotherhood and work to humanity.
Nagar Kirtan is simply a ineffable spiritual contented of Sikh religion that conveys a connection of communal harmony, emotion and unity successful society. Opposing specified spiritual events is simply a nonstop onslaught connected the cosmopolitan connection of the Sikh gurus, helium said.
He further stated that the Sikh community, dispersed crossed assorted countries astir the world, has ever lived successful harmony with section populations and consistently respected the laws and cultures of the countries they reside in.
Through langars (community kitchens) and selfless work during Sikh spiritual events, a connection of work to humanity is conveyed, which strengthens societal cohesion, helium said.
The SGPC president appealed to the governments of New Zealand and India to instrumentality superior enactment of the substance and guarantee a harmless and supportive situation for the Sikh assemblage to observe their spiritual events.
Religious state and communal respect are the existent hallmarks of immoderate multicultural society, helium emphasised.
Mr. Dhami besides urged influential Sikhs successful New Zealand to prosecute successful dialog with the section authorities and radical who opposed the event, and sermon the contented amicably.
Efforts should beryllium made to resoluteness the substance successful accordance with the teachings of Sikh gurus, and an ambiance of bitterness should beryllium avoided, helium added.
