Protesting against Rome Airport Authorities asking DSGMC chief to remove his turban for security checking, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Badal on Wednesday wrote to the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Union External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid.
Sukhbir also appreciated the stand of DSGMC president Manjit Singh GK, “who steadfastly stood by his Sikh values and refused to remove his turban”. He has urged theCentre to ensure that such unwarranted incidents do not occur in future and special advisories be sent through all our foreign missions and offices to sensitise about the turban of Sikhs.
DSGMC president and the head of SAD’s Delhi unit Manjit Singh GK was asked to remove his turban during frisking at an international airport in Rome (Italy).
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal also indicated that he is in favour of doing away with the “unethical” practice of removing turbans in the name of security checks. Badal said that he would soon take up this matter with the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh.