BREAKING NEWS: Captain Amarinder Insinuates Sikhs are Hindus

Amritsar Sahib, Punjab (December 15, 2014)— Congress Party deputy leader, Captain Amarinder insinuated that Sikhs are Hindus in the video below. When reporters asked Captain if he would support the repeal of Article 25-B, Captain Amarinder refused to take a Panthik stance and instead stated it was not important to repeal Article 25-B as Sikhism is only 500 years old and insinuated that before that period everyone who would come to adopt Sikhism was a Hindu.

Article 25-B of the Indian Constitution declares Sikhs to be Hindus. Sikhs have sought the repeal of this article since the creation of the Indian Constitution. Recently SAD Deputy leader Sukhbir Badal called for the repeal of Article 25-B. Akal Takht’s appointed Jathedar has also called for the repeal of Article 25-B. Sikhs for Justice, has also started a petition for US President Barack Obama to bring up the issue with Indian Prime Minister Modi.