The
Akal Takht issued a
Hukamnama (order) to the Sikh community in 2004 to not lend support to this organisation as it does not represent Sikh interests. The edict stands, even now. In 2004, the leader of the Akal Takht declared that the organisation to be "anti-Sikh" and "anti-
panthic". It forbade all Sikhs from having any association with it. The
Akal Takht, (the supreme temporal body of the Sikh community worldwide) reiterated the ban again in 2019 and sees the organisation as an attempt by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to promote
Hindutva to Sikhs. and an attempt to assimilate (absorb) Sikhs into
Hinduism. ==See also==