PNS n Chandigarh
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday promised to take up issues related to Punjabis with his Jammu and Kashmir counterpart Omar Abdullah.
The assurance came during a book release function— ‘Historical Sikh Shrines of Jammu and Kashmir — based on distinctive research and highlighting the pan-India landscape against which the Sikh Gurus set their mission. As the Chief Minister made use of the occasion to discuss issues facing the Sikh community in Jammu and Kashmir, after eminent Sikh Scholar Dr Gurbachan Singh Bachan brought up the problems relating to the spread of Sikh culture and minority Sikh educational institutions in Jammu and Kashmir.
Giani Swarn Singh Khalsa, who represents the Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and is in-charge of Sikh Mission in Jammu and Kashmir, apprised the Chief Minister of some long pending issues with the state government there. Chief Minister asked his Principal Secretary SK Sandhu to prepare a detailed note on the issues facing Punjabis there. He said that that he would take the matter up with his J&K counterpart “for an early and expeditious redress of these issues”.