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Khaira asks Badal to summon
Assembly on French turban ban
WSN Network
CHANDIGARH:
Proactive Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira has asked Punjab CM and
Akali Dal patron Parkash Singh Badal to summon an emergency one day
session of Punjab Vidhan Sabha to pass a unanimous resolution to
support the case filed by United Sikhs before the United Nations
Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) challenging the ban on Sikhs to wear
turbans by the French Government.
In a letter to
Badal, Khaira said though the French ban on turban has been in
effect since March 2004, not enough has been done by the Shiromani
Akali Dal or the SGPC.
"Now that an
independent group of Sikhs living in the
USA and other
European countries by the name of United Sikhs have filed a case
before the UNHRC in New York, it is our moral duty to support their
genuine grievance. By doing so we would respect the sentiments of
those Sikhs who have been targetted by the French Govt. through this
biased law," Khaira said in the letter, a copy of which was also
sent to the Vidhan sabha Speaker, Nirmal Singh Kahlon.
Castigating the
Badals and the Akali Dal for seeking votes by claiming that they are
the sole representative party of the Sikhs, Khaira said it was
rather the duty of the SAD and the SGPC to fight for the rights of
affected Sikhs of France.
"It is never too
late to support a good cause therefore, I request that the Govt.
call an emergency session of Punjab Vidhan Sabha to pass a
resolution in favour of Sikhs living in France to urge the French
Govt. and the UNHRC to review this anti- Sikh law at the
earliest...The Congress party would unconditionally support this
unanimous resolution," he said.
He also said the
SGPC should summon its general house meeting and pass a similar
resolution there too. "Both resolutions would boost the morale of
Sikhs across the globe," he added.
17 December
2008
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