Ties between India and Canada are at an all-time low (File)

Amritsar:

Amid a diplomatic row between India and Canada, the overall home of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee Wednesday handed a decision urging the 2 nations to take away bitterness of their relations.

The SGPC’s normal home additionally handed resolutions over points together with the discharge of Sikh prisoners, the Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) canal and the simplification of SGPC’s voter registration course of.

The decision on the India-Canada row stated because of the scenario between the 2 nations, Sikhs and Punjabis are dealing with hate propaganda for no motive. This is extraordinarily unlucky, in direction of which the 2 governments ought to give critical consideration, it stated.

The ties between India and Canada got here underneath extreme pressure following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations of “potential” involvement of Indian brokers within the killing of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June on Canadian soil. India has rejected the allegations as “absurd” and “motivated”.

The SGPC resolutions additionally demanded ending “discrimination” in opposition to the Punjabi language and taking good care of Sikh heritage in Pakistan.

The normal home of the SGPC assembled right here to elect its president and different workplace bearers, together with the overall secretary, senior vp and junior vp.

In a decision demanding the discharge of Sikh prisoners, it was stated that this “discrimination” was a violation of human rights. The Sikh prisoners aren’t being launched even after completion of their sentences, it stated.

Through this decision, it was demanded from the Centre and anxious state (Delhi and Karnataka) governments to cease discrimination in opposition to the Sikhs and launch the Sikh prisoners instantly.

The SGPC has been searching for the discharge of Sikh prisoners together with Balwant Singh Rajoana, a convict in former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh’s assassination case and Devinderpal Singh Bhullar, a 1993 Delhi bomb blast convict.

Through one other decision, a dedication was expressed to guard Punjab rivers and oppose the SYL canal. It was stated that the SGPC will play a number one position in each wrestle for water of Punjab.

In the decision handed concerning the alleged discrimination in opposition to the Punjabi language, it has been stated that in Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, the folks of Punjabi origin are allegedly pressured to submit functions within the authorities places of work for his or her work in Hindi and English languages, which ought to cease instantly.

In one other decision, the federal government of Pakistan was requested for the upkeep and preservation of Sikh heritage and historic Gurdwara Sahibs there.

It was stated that many locations have been uncared for after the Partition in 1947, to which the federal government and the Evacuee Trust Property Board ought to pay particular consideration.

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