Sarna Demands Indian Nationality For Afghan Refugees

[sahib_bindra]

The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) has demanded that the Sikh and Hindu refugees who had fled strife-torn Afghanistan should be granted Indian citizenship.

'' We have taken up this issue with Union Minister of state for Home Parkash Jaiswal and he has assured that the government will consider this demand'', DSGMC president Paramjit Singh Sarna stated here today.

Addressing a media conference, Mr Sarna said they had brought to the notice of the Minister the case of 273 such Afghan refugees who have been living in India for the past 15 years or more.

He said these cases were being forwarded to the Union Home ministry, he added.

Mr Sarna also demanded that the 'black list' of Sikhs prepared by the Union Government should be reviewed by the Union Government.

A large number of NRI Sikhs whose names figure in this list are often refused visas to visit their relatives in India, he said while suggesting that the Union Home Ministry can grant short term visas to such NRI's and the DSGMC would stand guarantee for all such cases.

While pointing out that Punjab was still listed as a 'disturbed area', Mr Sarna demanded that issue should be taken up by the state government with the Centre. A number of NRI's and foreign nationals are not granted permission to visit Punjab on the grounds that it was a distrubed area, he added.

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[Inder Singh]

sarna is a sell out and a tout of congress.

[vikramjitsingh]

Fateh Ji,

A huge number of Afghan Sikh Refugees live in Delhi. There were many more a few years back but many migrated under the Amnesty offered by UK etc.

Now there's been a trickle of Hindu refugees from Pakistan as the Taaliban there have made life difficult for them.

Yes I feel India needs to offer these refugees citizenship.

Guru Rakha

[sahib_bindra]

sarna is a sell out and a tout of congress.

can u explain me wat is badal then ..hes a sell out of the rss...to get work done one has to have the support of the government..and that is what sarna is doing...hes not like mann who only delivers speeches and never does any work..

[chhokaranwala]

still a good point

its good that these poor people get asylum in India

[Inder Singh]

sarna is a sell out and a tout of congress.

can u explain me wat is badal then ..hes a sell out of the rss...to get work done one has to have the support of the government..and that is what sarna is doing...hes not like mann who only delivers speeches and never does any work..

Badal may not be good.But at least he does not support heretics like Ragi darshan singh who are condemning bani of Guru Gobind singh ji

[S1ngh]

hes not like mann who only delivers speeches and never does any work..

eh eh eh... Lets take a look at sarna sahib who is living in mansion and worth hundreds of crores and continue to run his business along with family control on gurudwarays of delhi. If they are really soo good in running community gurdwaras and so many other projects then how come i see poor old sikh ladies crying for few lakhs since 1980's and that to only for mere few lakhs?? If sarna family is soo good in running decades old business then why not setup one small profitable business aside so that all effected sikh families can work there and have the share in business profits?

Leader veedar.. eh sarray thug neh !

Mann got some problems in his team but he is our true leader that i think he is well worth who should lead sikh kaum.