SFJ offers to refund $20 fee to devotees

Tribune News Service

Updated At : 12:07 PM Nov 15, 2019 IST

Unlock Exclusive Insights with The Tribune Premium

Take your experience further with Premium access. Thought-provoking Opinions, Expert Analysis, In-depth Insights and other Member Only Benefits

Yearly Premium ₹999 ₹349/Year

Yearly Premium $49 $24.99/Year

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 14

The Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), the organisation banned by the Centre, has offered to reimburse $20 fee for pilgrims to Kartarpur corridor.

In a message on its website, the SFJ had asked pilgrims to send them fee receipts and identity proofs for getting the reimbursement. The SFJ is seeking the Sikh Referendum-2020 besides allegedly funding objectionable anti-India activities.

Notably, the Punjab Government and the SGPC have been asking each other to refund the amount. Many pilgrims have alleged that the fee was too high due to which they could not visit the Kartarpur gurdwara. The state government has not reacted officially to the SFJ offer. However, police officers said the SFJ was a banned organisation and anyone dealing with it may invite legal action.

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is run by a trust comprising five eminent persons as trustees.

The Tribune, the largest selling English daily in North India, publishes news and views without any bias or prejudice of any kind. Restraint and moderation, rather than agitational language and partisanship, are the hallmarks of the newspaper. It is an independent newspaper in the real sense of the term.

The Tribune has two sister publications, Punjabi Tribune (in Punjabi) and Dainik Tribune (in Hindi).

Remembering Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia

Designed and developed by : SORTD

Unlock Exclusive Insights with The Tribune Premium

Suggested Articles