Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders on Saturday said that they will carry out voluntary service at the Golden Temple complex on Sunday.
Senior AAP leader and lawyer HS Phoolka said on Saturday said he and other volunteers will seek forgiveness for the mistake done by the party (AAP) by doing ‘langar sewa’ and service at the ‘Jora ghar’ (shoe house).
“AAP leader HS Phoolka will seek forgiveness from Guru Granth Sahib by doing sewa on July 10 (Sunday) from 3 am to 5 am at the langar hall and from 11.30 am to 12.30 pm at the ‘Jora Ghar’ along with party volunteers,” said a party statement.
The AAP courted controversy when the cover page of its ‘Youth Manifesto’ carried a picture of the Sikhs’ holiest shrine, Harmandar Sahib, popularly known as the Golden Temple, along with AAP election symbol of a broom.
Phoolka had said on Friday that Kejriwal will do “sewa” at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on July 18 after charges that the AAP had hurt Sikhs’ religious feelings.
Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh accused Kejriwal and AAP of “trying to enact a political drama by seeking forgiveness from Darbar Sahab after the blasphemous acts of his party”.
Kejriwal is likely to do service at the ‘langar hall’ and also at the ‘Jora ghar’ of the Sikh shrine, which gets thousands of devotees daily.