Srinagar: All Parties Sikh Coordination Committee has expressed hope that the Bharatiya Janta Party led National Democratic Alliance government at the centre would solve the pending issues of Sikh community of Jammu & Kashmir and grant minority status to the community.
In a statement the APSCC Chairman, Jagmohan Singh Raina welcomed the new central government plan to solve the problems being faced by various communities of the country. Raina said that members of Sikh community in the state are up against many odds and need immediate attention from the people at helm so that the problems are solved.
It is good that the new central government has started taking steps to solve the problems of various communities living in the country. It must be kept in mind by decision takers that members of Sikh community have been fighting hard for their rights and their problems too need to be addressed at the earliest, said Raina.
Raina said the Sikh community in the state should be granted the status of a minority community since they very much fall under the provisions set out in this regard. He said the Minority Act as framed by the National Commission for Minorities should be extended to the state without any dilution whatsoever.
In case there is any dilution to the Minority Act then the members of Sikh community would come out and lodge strong protests in support of their genuine demands. We have been pressing hard to get this genuine demand conceded by the state government over the past few years. In case the Minority Act is altered then we will not desist from carrying out a full-fledged agitation, said Raina.
Raina said that the recent Lok Sabha elections proved that Sikhs constitute an important component of the franchise in the state. He said that political parties should be aware that they would be forced to bite the dust in the assembly elections in case they speak or act against the Sikh community with respect to the implementation of National Minority Act in state in letter and spirit.
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