Ghar Wapsi: How Sikhs are countering the RSS

December 24, 2014 09:45

With the RSS and its affiliates having extended their 'ghar wapsi' programs to get Christians back to Sikhism in Punjab, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee -- the apex representative body of Sikhs -- has begun a concerted effort to get Sikhs, predominantly Mazhabi Sikhs, back to the fold.

As part of the initiative, the SGPC, controlled by the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal, recruited 27 new preachers Tuesday.

The 27 qualified recruits, with either an MA in religion or having undergone the three-year course in missionary colleges run by the SGPC, will join a team of more than 150 preachers already working in different parts of the state.

The SGPC runs as many as nine missionary colleges, six of which are in Punjab. It runs three-year courses in these colleges focussing on Gurbani, Gurmat and Sikh principles.

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