"Disrespectful": Akali Dal On Auction Of Golden Temple Model Gifted To PM
NDTV
The model of the Golden Temple is part of the fifth e-auction of gifts received by PM Modi and started earlier this month.
Senior Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Badal today objected to the proposed auction of a model of Golden Temple gifted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying it was a "sacred symbol of the gift and blessings of the Akal Purakh and the Guru Sahibs and auctioning it would be grossly disrespectful".
"It would also hurt the religious sentiments of the Sikh community," he added in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
The model is part of the fifth e-auction of gifts received by PM Modi and started earlier this month. Also going under the hammer are replicas of the Sun Temple in Gujarat's Modhera, the Vijay Stambh of Chittorgarh and a painting of a ghat of Varanasi. altogether 900 items will be auctioned, some of which have been displayed at the National Gallery of Modern Arts.
