Inder Ghagga, the heretic missionary who was silenced by Panthic Singhs in Toronto (see http://news.panthic.org/articles/2814) in a debate back in 2006 again tried to stir up the sentiments of the Sikhs by declaring that the Amrit Sanchar and Nitnem Banis of the Sikhs were extracted from the Hindu Markande Puran.
 
Inder Ghagga, the uneducated self-styled missionary ‘professor’ was invited to speak on TimeTV Patiala’s “Kharian Gallan” talk show hosted by Harpreet Singh Dardi. From the very onset of the show Ghagga began to attack the contents of Sri Dasam Granth Sahib.  He claimed that because the various contents of Dasam Granth Sahib did not began with “Mahalla 10th” and conclude with the word ‘Nanak’, it could not have been written by Guru Gobind Singh Ji, and went on to say the entire contents of Sri Dasam Granth Sahib were taken from Puranic Granths.
 
When asked by the host, if he also refutes the validity of the sacred Sikh Nitnem and Amrit Sanchar Banis that are from Sri Dasam Granth, Ghagga emphatically stated “absolutely”, and claimed no real research was done in the past on these banis, nor was there any reference that these Banis were ever read during the first Amrit-Sanchar (of 1699).
 

Ghagga even made the ridiculous claim that the Jaap Sahib written by Guru Gobind Singh Ji was actually a direct extract from Markande Puran’s pages 539-561, but failed to provide any evidence to substantiate his far-fetched claim.
 
Refuted by Bh. Ratinder Singh on all points

The talk show host Harpreet Singh Dardi, then allowed, Bhai Ratinder Singh, senior editor, Panthic.org to reply to the various preposterous claims made by Ghagga.  Bhai Ratinder Singh forcefully requested that if Ghagga did not believe in our Amrit-Sanchar Banis, he should immediately remove his kakkasr, and retake Amrit using his own new maryada.
 
Bhai Ratinder Singh then meticulously refuted Ghagga’s absurd claims and cautioned that the methodology used by people like Ghagga in invalidating Sri Dasam Granth is totally irrational. He asserted that eventually these people will attempt to use this same illogical methodology to attack the contents of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, and he gave examples how certain associates of Ghagga have already acknowledged their belief that there was no succession of Guruship after Guru Nanak Dev Ji -  a direct reference to the Rozana Spokesman editor’s twisted ideology  (see http://www.panthic.org/articles/5169#sahwney).
 
Bhai Ratinder Singh also provided reference that Prof. Sahib Singh, who is respected as a scholar by all modern-day missionaries, had full faith in Sri Dasam Patshah’s Bani and that Prof. Sahib Singh even provided the historical dates of Sri Jaap Sahib and Charitro-Pakhyian’s compilation in his works.

Bhai Ratinder Singh chided Ghagga and his missionary associates for misusing Pro. Sahib Singh’s name and continuously misquoting from Sri Dasam Granth to futher their agenda.
 
After being put on the spot, and refuted on all points, Inder Ghagga seemed visibly perturbed by Bhai Ratinder Singh’ counter replies near second half of the talk-show. He even complained that he had been queried to the point that he can no longer answer any questions. 

He tried to recover compsure, and went on a babbling rampage attacking the Panthic Rahit Maryada and Sri Akal Takht Sahib.  In the conclusion of the show, Bhai Ratinder Singh requested Ghagga, and those who seems have made attacking Sri Dasam Ganth their only agenda, that they should sincerely study the contents of this sacred Granth with an open mind, without any pre-sent biases. This Granth should be studied from all angles, religious, philosophical, historical, and lingual.  Only then will they understand the message in the Granth.

Backtracks on 2006 Toronto Agreement on Panthic Maryada

In 2006 when Ghagga debated Panthic Singhs in Toronto, he had agreed that all his arguments would be kept within the confines of Sri Akal Takht’s Rahit Maryada. Less than four years later, he has now rejected the very same Maryada.  In 1996 he was using Prof. Sahib Singh as a principal reference for his interpretations, now he is rejecting the Prof Ji’s views on Sri Dasam Granth.

Missionary heretics like Ghagga have no clear ideology, or vested interest in solving issues that are facing the Panth.  In reality, their agenda is to create confusion, unnecessary controversy, and friction. Due to such activities, Ghagga and his associates were put on notice by Sri Akal Takht Sahib in October of 2006, and he was recently roughed up by the Singhs in Punjab after he made some anti-Panthic statements at a Ludhiana college.  At that time, he apologized to the Sangat, begged forgiveness, and pleaded that his wife was sick at a hospital, and escaped from the scene.  Now he seems to be back to his old tricks, again.