DSGMC will do everything to protect rights of J&K Sikhs : Sirsa
The Delhi MLA and Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC) General Secretary Mr. Manjinder Singh Sirsa today said that successive governments at the Centre as well in states tried to suppress the voice of Sikhs who tried to raise their genuine demands during the last 70 years of independence of the country. Addressing a gathering of prominent Sikh leaders from Jammu and Kashmir region of the country Mr. Sirsa said that it was most inhuman for the different governments of the country to work against the interests of the sikh community. He said that he was pained to see that not only Sikhs have been denied minority status in Jammu and Kashmir but the state has also run away from implementing the Anand Marriage Act which has been passed by the Parliament of the nation. On the demand of the local sikh leadership Mr. Sirsa assured that issues related with sikh community will be taken up by the Shiromani Akali Dal President Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal, Union Minister Mrs Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Home Minister Mr. Rajnath Singh during next week and a suitable solution will be find out to get the issues related with the sikh community resolved. He also assured to take up reservation issue for families of those who had sacrificed their life during the turmoil in the state on priority basis. The DSGMC General Secretary also assured the sikh community of the J &K that whole SAD leadership is with then and they will not face any problem regarding the issues faced by them. -PTC News
