Srinagar, May 19 : All Parties Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) has congratulated winners of parliament elections and expected that mistakes committed by the former central government and the present state government are not repeated in future.
According to a statement , APSCC Chairman, Jagmohan Singh Raina said that real power lies with the people and this got reflected during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Raina exuded confidence that the new government headed by Narinder Modi would take meaningful steps to address issues confronting people of Jammu & Kashmir. He said Modi should gauge public mood and take people oriented measures.
The power of governance lies with the people. You cant fool people every time. Arrogance of leadership after getting vote power does not mean that voter shift power from their hand to their leader. The people can anytime show exit to their leaders as and when they get chance after five or six years, said Raina.
Raina said that the minority Sikh community supported NC & Congress with a hope that their issues would be resolved, but that was not to be. He said despite meeting Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah thrice the government was unmoved as far as problems of the Sikh community are concerned.
Along with the CM we also met some of the Congress ministers over the past five years, but every time they ignored the minority community. The leaders fully know that many assembly segments in the state comprise of minority segments and their united vote matters a lot in electing an MLA, said Raina.
Raina congratulated the members of Sikh community for not voting in favour of alliance candidates and said that same thing may be repeated in the coming assembly elections. He said that Sikh community has suffered in 23 years of turmoil in the state whether its Kashmir, Poonch or Rajouri. The state government has not extended the National Commission for Minority Act to Jammu & Kashmir state. We demand that some share should be given to educated Sikh youth in the employment packages announced from time to time. Senior Sikh officers should be given top notch posts in the state administration, said Raina.
Raina demanded that Punjabi language should be restored in school and colleges. He said the representatives of various Sikh organizations under APSCC projected the community issues before former Prime Minister, Dr.Manmohan Singh and states CM, but the issues never got any attention. Let the new central government appoint an enquiry commission to probe into the charter of demands submitted to the state government particularly CM in core meetings of Sikh representatives. Like majority in Kashmir, minority Sikh community has suffered immensely and despite provocative acts like Chattisingpora and other massacres the community promoted brotherhood and never left valley, said Raina.
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