Baba Kartar Singh Samparda/Chowk Mehta Samparda cont'd

Baba Mohan Singh was willing to leave it at that, but the fanatical Kartar Singh still insisted he was the true and only heir of Baba Gurbachan Singh Khalsa ‘Bhindrawaley’. The ‘Sangat’ (congregation) based at Bhindra taunted Kartar Singh and asked why he was not present in Bhindra if he was the rightful head of the institution. It is said that Baba Mohan Singh, working through the law courts obtained an injunction against Kartar Singh preventing him or his followers from using the term ‘Samparda Bhindra’ to describe themselves.

Baba Kartar Singh
Baba Kartar Singh (center) with some of his family members and associates

This action according to the Nihangs of Baba Bkala Tarna Dal lead to Kartar Singh seeking approval from the ‘Jathedar’ of Shaheeda Dee Missl Baba Bkala, Akali Nihang Baba Bishan Singh to link Kartar Singh’s Samparda with Shaheed Akali Nihang Baba Deep Singh. This approval was given and for the first time in history, Kartar Singh began to formally claim he was the sole 13th head of The Dam Dami Taksal, established by Akali Nihang Guru Gobind Singh Ji at Dam Dama Sahib.

Jathedar Akali Nihang Baba Bishan Singh Ji
8th Jathedar of the Tarna Dal Baba Deep Singh Missl, Baba Bkala

In time, Kartar Singh’s fanatical followers, under the leadership of Jarnail Singh ‘Bhindrawaley’ in the 1980s would bite the very hand that fed and nurtured them. They would claim that they were the true Baba Deep Singh Shaheeda Dee Missl, and not the Nihangs at Baba Bkala nor its sister Dal, Vikh Vindhi.

This open lie can easily be exposed by the words of Baba Gurbachan Singh Khalsa ‘Bhindrawaley’ himself. In his text, ‘Gurmat Rehit Maryada’, published by Sant Giani Mohan Singh Ji ‘Bhindrawaley’, Baba Gurbachan Singh speaks on the topic of meat, and states in passing the following:

Baba Gurbachan Singh Ji Khalsa
Baba Gurbachan Singh Ji (center) with (possibly) Baba Kartar Singh (left) reciting from Adi Guru Durbar