The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Sunday alleged that Congress government had committed sacrilege against Sri Guru Gobind Singh by swapping the face of Sikh Guru with the French statesman Napoleon Bonaparte in a computer-generated portrait recently published in the newspapers during the commemoration of the 350th birth anniversary of the Tenth Guru.
The party also demanded strict action against the erring officials and advertising agency as well.
In a statement released from the party headquarters, the SAD spokesperson and senior vice president Dr Daljit Singh Cheema alleged the painting in question, which was being shown as of Guru Gobind Singh in the advertisement released about the commemoration of the 350th birthday of the Tenth Guru, was actually that of French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.
He alleged the face of the Sikh Guru was swapped with the French ruler in the computer generated copy, and the origin of the tempered painting dating back to 1800s and came into existence almost after a century of Guru Sahib’s period. Cheema said “I wonder why the Punjab government committed this grave sin of passing off the tempered painting of Napoleon as the Guru Sahib’s when there were plenty of the Tenth gurus’ paintings available”.