Archive · 6 Dec 2025
Sikh Community Protests Over Harak Singh Rawat's Remark
A former minister and Congress leader named Harak Singh Rawat made a remark that some people thought was offensive to the Sikh community.
He said something about '12 noon' to a Sikh lawyer, which upset the community.
People protested and burned an effigy of him.
Rawat said he didn't mean to hurt anyone's feelings and apologized.
The Sikh lawyer he spoke to accepted his apology, but some people were still upset.
Rawat tried to explain that his words were misunderstood, but the protest happened anyway.
Harak Singh Rawat made a remark at a lawyers' protest that was perceived as offensive to the Sikh community.
The remark involved telling a Sikh lawyer to sit down as 'it was 12 noon'.
Protesters burned an effigy of Rawat and rejected his initial statement.
Rawat apologized for his remark, and the affected Sikh lawyer accepted his apology.
Despite the apology, some community members continued to protest, and Rawat tried to clarify his intentions.
- Who
- Harak Singh Rawat, Sikh community members
- What
- Protest over alleged objectionable remarks
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Where
- Haridwar Road, Dehradun
- Why
- Alleged objectionable remarks against the Sikh community
- Person Involved
- Harak Singh Rawat
- Community Affected
- Sikh community
- Date of Incident
- Friday
- Location of Protest
- Haridwar Road, Dehradun
- Apology Status
- Apology issued and accepted