In the meeting of Parbhandak Committee at Gurdwara Khara Sauda on 17th February, 1921 A.D., was decided that two jathas (squads) one led by Bhai Lachhman Singh and the other by Bhai Kartar Singh Virk (alias Jhabbar) should meet at Chander Kot on the 19th February. The Mahant was dancing like a puppet in the hands of the Government. As such, Mr King, the Commissioner of Lahore was extending every kind of help to the Mahant and had promised him in the future as well.
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Mahant Narain Dass was one of the weapons in the hands of the Government and the Government wanted to make full use of him. The Government was using every available weapon to make Akali movmement of Gurdwara reform, a failure. He got the Gurdwara gate strengthened and got holes made in it so that bullets could be fired through them. He brought and stored fourteen tins of paraffin. With the help of the government, he collected from Lahore, guns, pistols and other arms and ammunition. The Mahant recruited hooligans and rogues as paid employees to oppose the Sikhs. He was the owner of the estate attached to the Gurdwara with an income of one hundred thousand rupees besides the offerings of the Gurdwara. He did not feel it necessary to pay heed to the suggestions of the Committee. When Mahant Narian Dass was asked to reform himself, he started making preparations to oppose the Panth (Sikh community) instead. At meeting ,it was unanimously resolved that the Mahant be asked to mend his ways. Gurdwara Nankana sahib was highly revered as it is the birth place of Guru Nanak, a city named Nankana Sahib came up around the Gurdwara which is now in Pakistan. In October 1920 A.D., a congregation was held at Dharowal, District Sheikhupura for reform in Gurdwara Nankana Sahib in which the leaders revealed to the gathering of devotees, the misdeeds being committed inside the Gurdwara.