Signboards of Aurangzeb road blackened by DSGMC leaders

NEW DELHI, India—On the eve of the 344^th martyrdom anniversary of Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji, the DSGMC members headed by president Manjinder Singh Sirsa blackened the signboards of Aurangzeb road in Delhi. Notably, the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb had ordered martyrdom of Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji and other three Sikh martyrs Bhai Mati Dass Ji, Bhai Sati Dass Ji and Bhai Dyala Ji.

Interacting with the media, DSGMC president Manjinder Singh Sirsa demanded that the name of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb should be erased from road signboards and textbooks. 

“On the martyrdom day of Guru Teg Bahadur Ji, we want to remind the bloody past of Aurangzeb who martyred Guru Teg Bahadur Ji,” he added.

Sirsa urged the Indian government to make it sure that no roads were named after Aurangzeb and he was not taught in school and colleges. “It is surprising that Aurangzeb was glorified despite his atrocities on Sikh Gurus. There should be a debate in the Parliament over who is responsible for this,” he said while adding that Aurangzeb was systematically glorified after independence of India from the British regime.

SAD leaders Harmeet Singh Kalka, Kulvant Singh Baarh and Vicky Mann were also accompanying Sirsa on this occasion.

It is pertinent to note here that the New Delhi Municipal Council had renamed Aurangzeb road after the name of former Indian president APJ Abdul Kalam but the lane’s name remained the same.