New Delhi, July 26
: The Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC) and the
Shiromani Akali Dal welcomed the first batch of Sikhs from Afghanistan at
Delhi Airport today. After facing huge harassment at the hands of Taliban these
Sikhs have come to settle down in India.
Disclosing this to the media on the occasion, the DSGMC President Mr. Manjinder
Singh Sirsa and General Secretary and President of the Delhi unit of the
SAD Mr. Harmeet Singh Kalka disclosed that the DSGMC will provide shelter to
these persons.
Next batch of 70 Sikhs will be coming in next few
days followed by another batch of 125 Sikhs. They said that they have a list of
600 Sikhs who will be coming and they are trying to bring all the Sikhs from
Afghanistan by the end of the August. They said that they have made arrangement
for their stay in Sarais of Gurudwara Sahib of the DSGMC will help them settle
down in India.
Both the Sikh leaders thanked Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi, Home
Minister Mr. Amit Shah and Food Processing Industry Minister Mrs. Harsimrat
Kaur Badal for their untiring efforts to bring these Sikhs to India.
Those who
arrived today included Nidan Singh, Makand Lal, Sunmeet Kour,
Balender Singh, Charan Kour Singh, Balwan Kour Singh,Gorjeet Singh,Malmeet
Kaur, Mandeep Singh, Ponam Kaur and Parwin Singh.
Nidhan Singh;a man and a Sikh girl who were abducted in Afghanistan and were reunited later with their family when the Sikh
community had taken up this matter at International level also was part of
delegation which arrived today.
Describing their life in Afghanistan, these persons disclosed how they were
tortured mentally and physically by the Taliban and other radical elements and
nobody was there to help them. They said that beef was being sold in front of
Mandir at different places and they were highly disturbed with their lives
there.
All Afghani Sikhs are thankful to Indian Government and Mr.Sirsa
particularly who helped to bring them in India to settle down.
News Courtsey,
Mr.Sudeep Singh
Honorary Media Advisor
DSGMC
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