Protest against gurdwara desecration

Our Correspondent

UNA, JANUARY 7

BJP state president Satpal Singh Satti today led a rally at the district headquarters to protest the desecration of the Gurdwara Nankana Sahib in Pakistan and killing of a Sikh man in Peshawar. Religious and social organizations also joined the protest.

The protesters carried placards and raised slogans against the Pakistan government regarding the incident. Speaking on the occasion, Satpal Satti said religious victimization against the minorities living in Pakistan was rampant. The incident, he said, once again unveiled the ugly face of Pakistan’s fundamentalism and their oppression of people following other religions except Islam.

The BJP leader said minorities in Pakistan are either forced to convert to Islam, while those who were unwilling, are either punished or killed. He demanded that the Pakistan government should take stern action against the accused, adding that the BJP stood firmly in support of the Sikh community.

Taking on the Opposition parties which were opposing the Citizenship Amendment Act, Satti said these parties were following their selfish agenda of vote bank politics based on religion, caste and creed. He said the Act aims at granting Indian citizenship to people from the minority communities of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, who were victims of persecution in these countries.