Maryada Violation in Italy
Sikhs to stage dharna today
Chander Parkash
Tribune News Service
Ferozepur, April 1
Thousands of members of Indian community, particularly Sikhs, will stage a dharna in front of Indian embassy office at Milan in Italy tomorrow and will take out march to lodge their protest against alleged unsatisfying working of the embassy and misconduct of a section of officials working in the same.
President, National Sikh Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee and representative of Associazone Sikhismo Religione Italia, Harwant Singh Daduwal said they had been forced to take these steps as their repeated pleas made to various functionaries of Indian government, including Union Minister concerned to take action against the erring officials of embassy fell on deaf ears.
He alleged that a section of officials of embassy had been forcing the baptised Sikhs to remove the sword, worn by them as their religious symbol, before allowing them entry into the premises of the embassy. The Sikhs were upset and agitated over this action of officials of embassies.
“We are being badly misbehaved, disrespected and unheard by these offices when we go to them to take some help for our genuine and legal problems, which are being lingered on deliberately. A section of officials have created some illegal agencies to earn money through these persons,” alleged Daduwal, while talking to The Tribune on phone today.
“Our organisation has taken permission to stage a dharna and hold a protest march on April 2, 2010, from the government of Italy. We have requested other organisations of Indian community dealing with sports, immigration, cultural activities and other social acts to join the agitation,” disclosed Manjeet Singh, another representative of the National Sikh Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee.
The sources in Union External Affairs Ministry revealed that the Indian government was already seized of the matter and had been trying to find out a solution of the problem being faced by the members of Indian community in Italy.
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