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Sikh Youth Slate makes a pitch
for its Five Point Agenda
WSN Network
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The conference vowed to discard the politics of allegations and
vote gathering tactics in favor of raising a pitch for a new
wave of awareness for the Sikh national issues. |
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 Just a week
before the election to Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara, Surrey-Delta,
hundreds of Sikh men, elderly citizens, women and children
participated in a conference organized to focus on the five-point
agenda for the Sikh quom. The conclave was organized by the Sikh
Youth.
The conference
vowed to discard the politics of allegations and vote gathering
tactics in favor of raising a pitch for a new wave of awareness for
the Sikh national issues.
At the Grand Taj
banquet hall of Surrey, not only several Sikh Societies and
gurdwaras of Lower Mainland participated but even students of
British Columbia and Simon Frazer University also delivered moving
speeches.
Local colleges,
Gurmat Center Abbotsford, Guru Nanak Academy Surrey, Khalsa School
and Akal Academy Surrey's kids showcased their skills in gatka,
poetry, kavishari and heroic ballads (dhahdi vaaran).
 In the Five
Point Awareness Conference, Dr Ramanjot Kaur Mangat, Binder Kaur
Bilan and Sikh Youth Slate's Sukhminder Singh Virk spoke about the
problem of drugs among youth. The issue of problems being faced by
senior citizens saw Dr Amardeep Kaur Kamboh, Dr Ramandeep Singh and
Sikh Yuth Slate's Baljeet Singh Nain matching wits.
Simrat Kaur
Cheema, Amy Kaur Baath and Sikh Youth Slate's Gursimran Kaur spoke
about issues of equality among Sikh women in
Canada
as well as the violence faced by them at times.
On the issue of
degradation creeping in on religious front, Jaspreet Singh Mangat
expressed concern while Sikh Youth's secretary Balkar Singh Gill
outlined the plans to address this serious issue.
.jpg) Joga Singh
Sangha and Mota Singh Jheeta underlined the issues and obstacles in
the way of Quomi Ekta, the unity of the Sikh Nation, while Sikh
Youth Slate's Bikramjit Singh Sandhar, who is contesting for the top
slot, submitted suggestions on what can be done in the short and
long term.
When Binder Kaur
narrated the touching tale of how her real brother died due to drug
abuse, many in the audience were seen crying unabashedly.
In the nearly
five-hour long Sikh Youth Convention, participants also included
dhadhi Tarlochan Singh Bhamaddi, Parpinder Singh, Udham Singh
Hundal, Balkar Singh Sahota, Rupinder Kaur, Avtar Singh Gill, Surjit
Singh, Daljit Singh and Gian Singh.
Well known Sikh
scholar Harjinder Singh Dilgeer and Dr Gurdarshan Singh Dhillon
specially came for the conference. Jatinder Singh and Sukhpreet
Singh coordinated the program with aplomb. The election to Guru
Nanak Sikh Gurdwara, Surrey-Delta, is scheduled for November 15.
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Sikh Youth Slate signs damaged,
homes vandalized
.jpg) As
we race towards the November 15 election for Guru Nanak Sikh
Gurdwara, sadly the nasty side of Gurdwara election politics is also
emerging. Signs and campaign materials belonging to the Sikh Youth
Slate in the running for the election of the Guru Nanak Sikh
Gurdwara were damaged on Saturday night and homes of those running
in the youth slate were vandalized.
Signs all over
Surrey and Delta were broken and spray painted black and eggs were
thrown at the homes of the young Sikhs running to bring about much
needed change in Gurdwara operations. It is interesting to note that
in many locations, such as the corner of 68 Avenue and 126 Street in
Surrey, signs for both slates are visible, yet it was only the Sikh
Youth slate sign that was vandalized.
It remains to be
known who is behind this politics, but the Sikh Youth slate has
vowed to run a clean and honest campaign which is focused on the
pressing issues that the Sikh community is facing today.
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November 2009
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