Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) president Manjinder Singh Sirsa has requested Union Home Minister Amit Shah to provide representation of Sikh Community in Public Service Commission of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Sirsa said that while one member from Sikh Community has always been nominated in the J&K Public Service Commission in the past many years as part of the practice to provide due representation to the Sikh community but now in the recent notification issued by Lieutenant Governor of J&K Union Territory vide dated June 24, the representation of Sikh Community has been completely ignored.
He conveyed to Home Minister Amit Shah that sikhs has always been discriminated in the Union Territory of J& K in the matter of employment , granting of minority status , grant of reservations and all other avenues needed for the advancement and upliftment of the Sikh masses.
Sirsa said that while all other minorities’ communities were forced to migrate from J&K and sought refuge at safer places fearing threat to their lives but sikh community never migrated from Kashmir valley and fought the enemies of the country valiantly with courage and determinations.
He requested the union Home Minister to intervene in this case and ensure proper representation of Sikh Community in Public Service Commission and all other constitutional, statutory bodies of UT of Jammu and Kashmir