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Did Ontario’s premier get siropa Row erupts

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Published : Feb 1, 2016, 12:03 am IST
Updated : Feb 1, 2016, 12:03 am IST

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne makes chapati at the community kitchen of the Golden Temple, Amri-tsar during her visit on Sunday. — PTI

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne makes chapati at the community kitchen of the Golden Temple, Amri-tsar during her visit on Sunday. — PTI

A controversy erupted on Sunday over whether Canada’s Ontario province Premier Kathleen Wynne was presented a siropa when she visited the Golden temple here, with SGPC authorities denying extending such an honour, while the Canadian high commission released a photograph of her with the traditional Sikh robe.

The authorities rolled out the red carpet for Ms Wynne, who paid obeisance at the holiest of the Sikh shrines and also cooked food at the community kitchen. However, according to Golden Temple’s information officer Gurbachan Singh, she was not presented the siropa, the traditional robe of honour, a gesture usually extended to dignitaries visiting the shrine. The SGPC had announced it would not offer her siropa because of her views favouring same-sex marriages opposed by the Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of the Sikh religion. “No siropa was presented to Wynne,” Gurbachan Singh said. However, the Canada high commission released a photo of Ms Wynne in the evening with the siropa. Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandak Committee chief secretary Harcharan Singh was also seen in the photo.

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