Tuesday, September 12, 2017

DESIRE OF SUKHBIR BADAL TURNED INTO A CAMPAIGN TO GET ANAND MARRIAGE ACT IMPLEMENTED IN ALL STATES: SIRSA

MEGHALAYA CM, SIKH PRATINIDHI BOARD EASTERN ZONE AND CITY GURUDWARA MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE THANK SIRSA FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT

New Delhi, September 12: The Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC) General Secretary S. Manjinder Singh Sirsa has said that it was desire of the Shiromani Akali Dal President S. Sukhbir Singh Badal which turned into a campaign to get the Anand Marriage Act implemented in all the states of the country.
            In a statement released here today, S. Sirsa said that when the Parliament had passed the Bill on Anand Marriage Act, it was the vision of S. Badal which has turned into a full-fledged campaign and the SAD has succeeded in getting this act implemented in four states, while Delhi, Bihar, UP and Uttrakhand are completing the process to implement the Act and moves are on to get it implemented in all remaining states.
            S. Sirsa said that with the blessings of Almighty and good wishes of S.  Badal, this Act will be implemented throughout India in near future.
            Meanwhile Meghalaya Chief Minister Mr. Mukul Sangma has thanked S. Sirsa and said that this was a much needed step. He tweeted this message to S. Sirsa.
            In another development Sikh Pratinidhi Board Eastern Zone based at Dhubri Sahib Assam and City Gurudwara Management Committee Shillong Meghalaya have also thanked S. Sirsa for implementation of this Act in Meghalaya. In different letters to S. Sirsa S. Kulwant Singh General Secretary Sikh Pratinidhi Board Eastern Zone and Gurjeet Singh General Secretary City Gurudwara Management Committee thanked him for the initiative of getting this act implemented in their state. They said that this will go a long way in helping the members of the sikh community for getting their marriages registered under the Act. They said it was a long standing demand of the community which has also given a different identity to the community members.   PR

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