355 Sikh NRIs allowed to visit India

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355 Sikh NRIs allowed to visit India

New Delhi: As many as 355 names of Sikh NRIs, who were allegedly black-listed due to activities after the 1984 Golden Temple episode and denied visas to visit India, have been cleared after the intervention by National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).

The Commission initiated action on the basis of a letter received by the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) which pointed out the denial of visas, despite humanitarian grounds, to certain Sikh NRIs, allegedly black-listed by Home Ministry for their adverse activities, NHRC sources said today.

Issuing a notice to the Home Ministry, NHRC had sought information on the total number of Sikh NRIs who were black-listed, the date when the list was last revised, the current status of that list and the possibility of its expeditious revision, they said.

In response, the Ministry in its report last month indicated that there were 489 names in the negative list of 1998-99 of persons of Indian origin holding foreign citizenship who had come to adverse notice and were to be denied visas to visit the country, they said.

The NHRC was also informed that the list was reviewed from time to time and on July 28, 2003, the last deletion circular was issued.

The number of such persons, on the negative list, as on August 6, 2003, was given as 134, they said.

Meanwhile, NHRC has from Home Ministry sought a copy of the last deletion circular and has also forwarded a letter from MP Simranjit S

ingh Mann concerning the case of an England-based Harjinder Singh Dilgeer, a Norway citizen.

PTI

[Guest SikhForLife]

maybe its a trick!!!

[Mkhalsa]

probably.. stupid bahmans everywhere... :e:

[GABROO KHALISTAN DAH]

it iz a trick, they know whats gonna happen in 2004, they juss wrapping the singhs up, putting em in jail with out trial, their form of defence

[Guest learner singh]

it iz a trick, they know whats gonna happen in 2004, they juss wrapping the singhs up, putting em in jail with out trial, their form of defence

And what month of 2004? I'm eagrly waiting for it......

[gagan]

sorry veerjio but wots gna hapn in 2004??