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Early Times Report
Jammu , May 21
Various Sikh intellectuals leaders and youth from different sections of the community in a meeting at Nanak Nagar discussed in detail the problems being face by the community since long.
As per press release speakers criticized the state government for not granting the
Minority status to the Sikh community and deprived them of the benefits beings granted by the central national commission for minorities. They said though the Sikhs are also in a microscopic minority comprising only 5.3% of the state population and even after the lapse of 17 years the minority status has not been granted to the Sikh community in the state. Speakers were of the opinion that it has become the need of the hour to farm an organization which will highlight various problems and injustice meted out to the community at the hands of successive state governments.
On the occasion members decided to form an organization namely Sikh progressive front and unanimously nominated S. Balvinder Singh as its president and authorized him to nominate other office bearers of the front soon. The major demands of the Sikhs are Grant the minority status to the Sikh Community in the state, compensation should be given to the Refugees of 1947, Make arrangements for teaching of Punjabi Language in School and Colleges, Handover the enquiry of Chithisingpora and Mehjoor Nagar to C.B.I, Publish the Ansari commission report (appointed for probing the anti Sikh riots of 13th January 1989, and prosecute the culprits, Reserve seats for the children of the Refugees of 1947 in and outside the state at par with the migrants of 1990 and make amendments in the Gurudawar act.
Dr. Pritam Singh, Gurvinder Singh, S. Manmohain , S. Satinder Pal Singh, S. Rajinder Singh, Mohinder Singh and Dr. Gurmeet Singh were present in the meeting.
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