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DSGMC for inclusion of Sikh curriculum in GHP schools

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, March 18

The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) today announced to launch a movement to spread the knowledge of Sikh history among the Sikh community as well as others. 

DSGMC general secretary Manjinder Singh Sirsa said Guru Harkrishan Public (GHP) Schools, being run by the DSGMC, should include Sikh history in their school curriculum.

Sirsa has written a letter to all principals of the GHP Schools to include Sikh history books in their school curriculum to make students aware about the history of the community.

He asked the school authorities to collect relevant information and prepare history curriculum within 45 days.

“The curriculum should have detailed history of Parkash Utsav of gurus, Sikh commanders and their achievements,” said Sirsa. 

The DSGMC will organise seminars about Sikh history so that people and school students can develop interest.

“Sikhism is very important as the community has played significant role in the freedom movement of the country. It is the community that had fought against Mughal emperor's tyranny,” he said. 

He said a special magazine should also be published and circulated in schools and other places where Sikhs and people of other community visit. 


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Sikhs and their phenomenal rise in Canada

Last week, as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a student at the American University in Washington DC that he had more Sikhs in his cabinet than his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, he was stating a fact but also being facetious.

He appointed four Sikhs in November, giving the high-profile national defense portfolio to combat veteran Harjit Sajjan. But that throwaway remark was evidence of the evolution of the Sikh community in Canadian politics.

“There’s a certain amount of pride and it speaks to Canada’s multicultural policy but I don’t see it as a challenge to India,” said Satwinder Kaur Bains, director of the Center for Indo-Canadian Studies at the University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford, British Columbia.

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After complaints of liquor being offered, Guru Granth Sahib moved from dera

After residents protested against offering liquor at Baba Mast Ram Dera and Samadh of Baba Hari Singh in Neevi Jataana village Fatehgarh Sahib, which houses a Guru Granth Sahib, authorities on Saturday, shifted the holy book to the Sri Fatehgarh Sahib Gurdwara.

The practice, many claim, was three decades old.

Shiromani Gurudawara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) member Karnail Singh Panjoli claimed that the Guru Granth Sahib was installed there only five to seven years ago.

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DSGMC : Dastaar Swaimaan Day

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DSGMC Form Committee to Give Suggestions For Ban on Jokes Showing Sikhs in Poor Light

New Delhi / 1 March , 2016  

 After the directions of Hon’ble Supreme Court to constitute a committee to give suggestions for imposing ban of Jokes showing Sikhs in bad light Manjit Singh G.K. the President of Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) had constituted a high level committee comprising of five members and the said committee is headed by Justice H.S. Bedi a Retired Judge of the Supreme Court. The directions of Supreme Court few days ago had asked DSGMC to give suggestions in six weeks.

The members of committee are as a follows – Justice Y.M. Iqbal a Retired Judge of the Supreme Court, Pawan Kumar Verma Rajya Sabha Member, M.P. Bejbaruah a Retired IAS officer who worked as Secretary in Government of India, and Dr. Raghubir Singh another retired IAS officer who also worked at the level of Secretary with Government of India.

At the time of constituting high level committee Manjit Singh G.K. appealed to the people specially Sikh Sangat to send their suggestions on a designated email address dsgmc.guidelines@gmail.com  uptill 5 March 2016. Manjit Singh G.K. clarified that DSGMC is opposing Jokes showing Sikhs in bad light because some people with low intellect and by writing and circulating these jokes are making racial attacks on not only Sikhs but all the ethnic groups and communities on whom they are writing Jokes and they are doing it to earn money.

Manjit Singh G.K. also said that the DSGMC is not against any particular person but against those who are showing, writing and circulating Jokes showing Sikhs in poor light. He hopes that the five member high powered committee would give its suggestions with in purview of Indian legal system and also keep religious ethos and marayada in mind.  

Manjit Singh G.K. also said that some people were against the decision of DSGMC to oppose these Jokes but the directions from Hon’ble Supreme Court gave strength to the move and it got more support when the school going children belonging to Sikh families who are feeling victimised due to racial Jokes started approaching DSGMC.

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Symposium on ' Issues in Indian Political Thought' :Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College,University of Delhi

Department of Political Science,Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College,University of Delhi organised Symposium on 'Issues in Indian Political Thought' under the convenorship of Dr. Gurdeeep Kaur on 26th February 2016 with the able guidance of respective Principal -Dr. Man Mohan Kaur & Vice -Principal -Dr. Davinder Kaur Chawla.

Distinguished speakers were Professor Sri Prakash ( Delhi University,Department of Political Science, Dr. Hari Mohan (Associate Professor,Satyawati College) ,Mr. Ajay Bharti 
( Editor,Swadeshi Magazine ) & Dr. Deepak Sharma (Associate Professor,SGND Khalsa College).

Well prepared students of 'Civil Society' ,Department of Political Science enthusiastically participated fully in Symposium's discussion and responded well to comments.

Dr. Mithila Bagai and Dr. Archana Sharma gave vote of thanks on this occasion and Student Union President Abhishek Pandey welcomed Guests.

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Letter to Ambassador of India in USA :Do Not Remove Turbans For Security Check

DSGMC General Secretary  Manjinder Singh Sirsa wrote letters to Sushma Swaraj  (External Affairs Minister of Government of India ) & Richard Verma (Ambassador of India)in USA ( Do not remove turbans for security check

New Delhi / 25 February 

The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) is actively taking up the problems faced by the Sikhs in wearing turban in the foreign countries with the foreign ministry of Government of India.

DSGMC General Secretary who also has been a former MLA ,Manjinder Singh Sirsa  today had written letters to the External Affairs Minister of Government of India Sushma Swaraj and Ambassador of India in USA - Richard Verma.

Sirsa told that the removal of turban in name of security check of Indo-Canadian Sikh Jasjeet Singh on American airport was unfortunate. He also said that on 9 February 2016 Mexican Airlines Company telling Actor Waris Ahluwalia to remove turban is also unfortunate.In letter to Swaraj - Sirsa said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been meeting Sikh Diaspora during his foreign visits but it was not helping solve the issues of Sikhs. He asked Government of India to make sincere efforts to resolve these issues.

He also told Sushma Swaraj that Sikhs are progressive community and have become successful in foreign countries with their hard work and it was matter of honour for India Prime Minister had given assurances to Sikhs - still it was not showing up in actions. Sirsa suggested Foreign Minister to take steps to solve the issues of Sikhs specially residing in America, France and other Foreign countries. He dared that any Sikh told to remove turban in the name of security check is not acceptable to Sikhs.

In letter to Richard Verma Sirsa in detail wrote that Sikhs have made tremendous contributions worldwide, he gave instance of Sikhs contribution in World War 1 and 2 and even now they are contributing in a big for safety and security in foreign nations. He reminded the promise made by American President Barack Obama in 2010 to Sikhs for bringing a law for stopping removal of turban of Sikhs at time of security check by bringing amendment in internal security. He appealed to the security agencies not to look at turban with suspicion but as a symbol of religious faith.

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DSGMC President expose nexus between Kejriwal, Tytler

The President of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) Manjit Singh G.K. today exposed strong nexus between Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Admi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal and Congress leader Jagdish Tytler who is one of the key perpetrators of genocide on Sikhs in 1984.Speaking to the reporters today at Gurdwara Rakabganj Sahib G.K. said that Kejriwal and Tytler enjoys warm relations and met each other which was arranged by Delhi food and supplies minister Imran Hussain.

    “The nexus between AAP and congress has been exposed. Kejriwal can go to any extent to stay in the power. By raising Sikhs issues he is not only befooling Sikhs but also the masses, who have come to know about the true colours of Kejriwal.Congress party has been doing politics on the corpses of helpless Sikhs done to death in genocide and now Kejriwal has also joined Congress and is doing politics on the Sikh genocide”, said G.K.

Raising serious aspersions on working of Kejriwal, G.K. said Kejriwal who make very loud claims of his government functioning in a most smooth manner and not allowing any corrupt practices have failed to dismiss Imran Hussain from his cabinet despite Hussain having caught in a sting operation demanding bribe form a real estate builder. “Hussain is continuing in the Delhi government’s cabinet because  Kejriwal’s hands are tied after Hussain arranged meeting with Tytler for the reasons best known to them”, G.K. said.

 He also said that the official file of Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate Sikh genocide cases which was promised by Kejriwal government one year ago, was misplaced by the Delhi government after Kejriwal’s meeting with Tytler which shows the intention of the Kejriwal.  Why Kejriwal who before the assembly elections asked people of Delhi to send him footage of sting operations was not taking action against his own minister who has been found demanding bribe, despite a strong evidence. G.K. also questioned the compulsion for Kejriwal to keep corrupt minister Gopal Rai accused in auto permit scam in his cabinet.

DSGMC President also told the reporters that DSGMC will approach Shri Akal Takht Sahib for action against two spokespersons of AAP Kultar Singh and Hardeep Singh Kingra for their anti Sikh and anti Panthic remarks. G.K. informed that Kingra of AAP in a television debate had announced that on forming government in Punjab, AAP would also ‘arm twist’ Shri Akal Takht Sahib, which is sacrilegious and unpardonable.

G.K. announced in the press conference that Sikh panth can’t pardon Kultar Singh for comparing Guru Gobind Singh Ji with Kejriwal, AAP MP Bhagwant Mann attending panthic sammellan in Bargadi in inebriated state and AAP spokesman Kingra making objectionable comments against Shri Akal Takht Sahib. He also said that Kejriwal has emerged as a face of anti-Sikh forces, reminding that Delhi CM  met Nirankari Baba, and AAP leaders speaking against Sikh institutions and their leaders which the Sikh panth will not take lightly.

Asking four Sikh MLAs of AAP in Delhi, to clear their stand on Key Sikh issues DSGMC president said that DSGMC and Akali Dal would organise a protest on February 22 from Gurdwara babgla Sahib to Jantar Mantar alongwith the victim families of 1984 genocide.

On the occasion DSGMC Vice President Satpal Singh, Joint Secretary Amarjeet Singh Pappu, Senior Leader Onkar Singh Thapar, DSGMC Members Kulmohan Singh, Harvinder Singh K.P., Gurmeet Singh Meeta, Harjinder Singh, Hardev Singh Dhanoa, Paramjit Singh Chandok, Chaman Singh, Samardeep Singh Sunny, and Akali leaders Vikram Singh and Punpreet Singh were also present.

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