Jammu and Kashmir BJP vice-president Varinderjit Singh also said that around 650 families of the Sikh community are in “threat of persecution” due to violence in Afghanistan.
Jammu and Kashmir BJP vice-president Varinderjit Singh also said that around 650 families of the Sikh community are in “threat of persecution” due to violence in Afghanistan.
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A leader of Jammu and Kashmir BJP urged the Prime Minister Narendra Modi On Thursday to make necessary arrangements to rescue Sikh families from Afghanistan and ensure their proper disposal in India amid the escalating situation in that country. Jammu and Kashmir BJP vice-president Varinderjit Singh also said that around 650 families of the Sikh community are in “threat of persecution” due to violence in Afghanistan.
The Taliban have been increasingly moving across Afghanistan, resorting to widespread violence, since the United States began withdrawing its troops from the country on May 1. The US has already pulled back most of its forces and wants to complete the drawdown by August 31. .
Singh said that over the years minorities have been repeatedly targeted in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan and the respective governments of these three countries have never shown any concern towards taking effective steps to prevent recurrence of such incidents. Is. He said that the BJP government led by Prime Minister Modi brought the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in 2019 with the sole aim of giving citizenship rights in India to minorities from certain countries. This includes Sikhs living in Afghanistan, he said.
Singh said, “The time has come when the central government should be practical and make necessary arrangements to save the Sikh families from Afghanistan, make them well settled in India and give constitutional and legal rights to other citizens of this country.” Should provide.” He also demanded The central government should use its diplomatic channels to ensure the security of religious places of Sikhs and Hindus in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
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