The minority wing of the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) strongly condemned the alleged desecration of Gurdwara Nankana Sahib, the birth place of Guru Nanak Dev, in Pakistan and urged the government to put pressure on the neighbouring country for strict action against the culprits on Tuesday.
Talking to reporters, JKPCC minority wing vice chairmen Gurdarshan Singh and Michael Wazir expressed serious concern over the repeated incidents of killings, abductions and attacks on religious places in Pakistan.
They strongly condemned the incidents of abduction of girls and women of minority communities, and the killing of Sikh youth Parvinder Singh in Peshawar by unidentified miscreants.
The Congress leaders expressed strong resentment over the alleged mob attack at Nankana Sahib and the failure of the Pakistani government to contain radical groups.
They described Pakistan as a failed state due to its fundamentalist approach from the very beginning.
Ensuring the safety and security of minorities and protecting their religious and civil rights was the foremost duty of any country, the two leaders said.
“Pakistan could never sustain as a successful democracy as compared to India because of its fanatic outlook,” Singh said.
He urged the government to put pressure and use its good offices against Pakistan to ensure the safety and security of minorities and their religious places in the neighbouring country and prevent such kinds of condemnable attempts by the radical groups and mischievous elements enjoying the patronage of government machinery.