Good news for Sikh Community in Delhi as lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal on Friday has cleared the Anand Marriage Act. Baijal has given his nod to notify the provision of Act, which was long-pending in Sikh community.
Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC) General Secretary and Member of legislative Assembly (MlA) from Rajouri Garden Manjinder Singh Sirsa said that Anand Marriage Act has been finally implemented in the National Capital Delhi almost 110 years after it was first demanded by the Sikhs.
Sirsa said that he was thankful to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and l-G Anil Baijal for implementing this act the National Capital as this was long standing demand of the sikh community.
In year 1909 when first time demand to implement this act was made by the sikh community.
He said that as per the wish of the Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal to get this act implemented in whole country he was pursuing the matter with different Go-vernments and administrators.
The act has already been implemented in all major States of the country including Punjab,Haryana, Himachal Pradesh besides others.
“Its implementation in the National Capital was of most important as a large numbers of Sikhs are residing in National Capital also, DSGMC General Secretary also appealed to the members of the sikh community to get their marriages registered under the act and get the benefit of it,” said Sirsa.