The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee filed a formal complaint with Delhi Police, naming Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal along with party legislators and workers over alleged disturbances at Gurdwara Sri Bangla Sahib and the circulation of purportedly false videos on social media platforms.
The complaint, lodged on October 11 with the Commissioner of Police, stated that AAP members and their supporters had entered the gurdwara grounds together in an organised manner, held a demonstration, and disrupted the environment there. It further asserted that political slogans had been chanted within the premises, an act described in the complaint as a breach of the site's sacred character and a source of offence to members of the Sikh faith.
DSGMC president Harmeet Singh Kalka said videos and social media posts circulated by AAP legislators and party functionaries gave a misleading account of events. Kejriwal, according to Kalka, lent his voice to that narrative and worked to spread it more widely.
The committee stated that the manner in which videos were selectively distributed pointed, in its assessment, toward an organised effort to stir controversy, damage the reputation of the gurdwara's governing body, and extract political advantage.
The DSGMC, characterising Bangla Sahib as among the nation's most venerated Sikh places of worship, stated that its grounds should remain free from political demonstrations, confrontations, or any form of propaganda activity.
The committee put four directives to Delhi Police: identify the individuals visible in the footage, determine who organised their entry into the premises and on whose instruction they acted, secure all available evidence, and pursue legal proceedings against anyone found to have been involved.
The day before the complaint was filed, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had raised a formal objection to police personnel linked to the BJP entering Gurdwara Sri Bangla Sahib in Delhi without prior authorisation, characterising the incident as wholly unacceptable. Mann stated that the Guru's house has long held to a tradition of offering refuge to those in need, and that the same principle would extend to young protesters who sought entry, with attendants there bound to receive them.
Accounts of the incident indicated that Delhi Police personnel entered Gurdwara Sahib without head coverings and with footwear still on. Kalka, addressing those accounts, drew a distinction between the conduct of the police personnel and the broader dispute, adding that protesters had purportedly been agitated and brought into the gurdwara on the day prior. According to accounts of the gathering, printed materials, placards, and banners were pulled from bags once the crowd assembled, with chants following shortly after.
