Tamizh Sikhiya Kalachara Sahodaratuva Kalvi Niruvanam (Tamil Sikh Cultural Brotherhood Educational Institution) is an institution run by Bahujan Dravida Party which is led by anti-Hindu activist Jeevan singh Malla.The Bahujan Dravida Party, founded by Jeevan Singh Malla, known as Jeevan Kumar before he embraced Sikhism in January 2023. Jeevan Singh along with 200 BDP cadres participated in farmers’ protest at Delhi’s Singhu border in 2021. After his 2 month stay at the farmers’ protest site he became sikh and then started this school^[1]. Tamizh Sikhiya Kalachara Sahodaratuva Kalvi Niruvanam inaugurated a politics training school called School of Miri Piri on 24th February at Korampallam village which is located 7km away from Tuticorin district. The main purpose of opening this school is to spread the Begumpura (Lahore) Khalsa Raj in Tamil nadu, by converting Scheduled Caste Hindus into Khalistani sympathisers, provoking the Tamilians to demand a separate Dravid state. The target of Mission Begumpura Khalsa Raj is to establish the School of Miri Piri at Five Corners of India.

 

   

The school was inaugurated by a government employee named Murugesan who worked in Tuticorin City Corporation. Jeevan Singh Malla, national president of Bahujan Dravida party headed the inauguration meeting. Jude Balraj, former Bishop of Palayamkottai diocese of Catholic Church and Bala Prajapathi Adigalar, president of Ayya Vaikundar Samaya Puratchi Maiyyam were the special invitees. Mala Kalidas of Birsa Munda Peravai, Usman Khan of Expatriate Tamils Welfare Association and Surjith Singh Madan, general secretary of Guru Nanak Sat Sangh Sabha were the keynote speakers in the meeting. Global Sikh Council general secretary Haracharan Singh was also present during the school inauguration.

 

 

 

Following Miri Piri school inauguration ceremony, a three day workshop was conducted for 25 Bahujan Dravida Party cadres from Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Pondicherry, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab. In the two-day workshop, Bahujan Dravida Party national president Sardar Jeevan Singh along with activists from Punjab and Kerala conducted propaganda classes on Aryan-Dravidian divide, casteism, Ambedkar, Kanshi Ram and E.V. Ramasamy Naicker (Periyar). Bahujan Dravida Party Punjab unit presidents, Madhya Pradesh unit president Meghwal, Tamil Nadu unit president Korkai Palani Singh, Pondicherry unit president Ajmal Singh were among the participants ^[2].

 

School of Miri Piri in Other States 

 

The School of Miri-Piri opening ceremony was organised in the national headquarters of Bahujan Dravida Party Based in New Delhi and Jeevan Singh Malla and other BDP party workers were present during the ceremony ^[3].

Bahujan Dravida Party is set to open a similar kind of Miri Piri School and a Gurudwara at

Punjipathra village in Chhattisgarh to convert tribal people to Sikhism. Bahujan Dravida party Chhattisgarh unit president Jarnail Kaur is overseeing the construction of Miri Piri School and Gurudwara. Tarika Tarangini converted to Sikhism at a conversion ceremony on 8th October held at New Delhi and changed her name as Jarnail Kaur^[4].

 

 

• Jeevan Singh malla proclaims that "Tamilians are not Hindus”. According to Jeevan, there is no cultural connection between Aryan Brahmins’ Hinduism and Tamilians' Pongal ^[5].

• Jeevan Singh stated that Bharat Mata is a fictional character created by RSS ^[6].

• Jeevan Singh wrote a song to provoke Tamilians to demand a separate Dravid state ^[7].

• Jeevan participated as a special guest in a Telugu Dubbed Movie called “Shudra To Khalsa” Teaser Launched On 27.08.2023 ^[8].

• Jeevan Kumar hails from Tuticorin and currently resides in New Delhi. He is also a practising advocate at the Supreme Court of India. Even though hailing from a staunch protestant Christian family, Jeevan Kumar claimed himself as Buddhist before converting to Sikhism in the year 2023. Before starting Bahujan Dravida Party in 2019, Jeevan worked as national coordinator at Bahujan Agitation Movement and was part of various Dalit organizations such as Kanshi Ram Sena. His wife Rani Jeevan is a practising Christian and actively involved in the activities of Bahujan Dravida Party ^[9].

• Jeevan Singh Malla converted to sikhism after his 2 month stay at the farmer site he became sikh and then started this school, he participated in farmer protest at delhi singhu border in 2021 along with 200 Bahujan Dravida Party cadres ^[1].

Tamil Anti-Hindu activists, who established the School of Miri Piri to propagate Khalistani Ideology, have geared up to contest in the Lok Sabha elections ^[11]. 

In 2019, Jeevan Singh started the party and contested lok sabha polls. The party contested in the 2021 Tamil Nadu assembly polls. The party has already announced candidates from Tamil Nadu who will contest in the 2024 lok sabha polls. The party contesting from Madurai, Virudhunagar, Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari, Tenkasi, Ramanathapuram, North Chennai and Pondicherry constituencies. Before announcing the candidates in other states. The focus of BDP in the 2024 elections is on the vote bank of the SC community. Jeevan Singh met Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) president and Member of Parliament Simranjit Singh Mann on 14th March at Amritsar, and held discussions regarding Lok sabha elections. Jeevan Singh was accompanied by functionaries of his party.

 

 

Pic 1: Miri Piri School inauguration poster.

Pic 2: Bahujan Dravida Party national president Jeevan Singh with Bala Prajapathi Adigalar and Bishop Jude Paulraj during the inauguration.

Pic 3: Khalsa Movement flag hoisted at the Miri Piri School.

Pic 4&5: Khalsa Aid volunteers involved in the flood relief work at Tuticorin in the month of December.

Pic 6: Cadres of the party involved in flood relief activities along with Christian missionaries at Tuticorin.

Pic 7: Bahujan Dravida Party poster encouraging Scheduled Caste Hindus to convert to Sikhism to escape from Caste atrocities.

Pic 8: Guru Gobind study centre run by the party at Tuticorin.

Pic 9: Sikh Conversion ceremony held on 8th October 2023 in New Delhi. Functionaries of Bahujan Dravida Party converted to Sikhism.

Pic 10: Cadres from Tamil Nadu visit to violence affected Manipur and distributed relief materials to Kukki people.

Pic 11: Turban yatra conducted by the party at Kerala to observe 100th year of Vaikkom protest.

Pic 12&13: Jeevan Singh meeting Simranjit Singh Mann with picture of Bhindranwale picture in the background.

Pic 14: Jeevan Singh conducting training to its cadres IDEAS Centre run by the Jesuits.

Pic 15: Poster of propaganda movie in Telugu named From Moolniwasi: Shudra to Khalsa produced by Lion Film Production House and Bahujan Broadcasting Company of india owned by Jeevan Singh.

 

 

 

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