Alleging that as many as four girls belonging to the Sikh community have been forcibly converted in the last four months, DSGMC President Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Monday demanded anti-conversion law in Jammu and Kashmir.

He also alleged that the family of the girls had to face discrimination claiming that the family of one of the abducted girls wasn’t allowed to enter the court complex.

While expressing disappointment over not getting enough support from the majority community, Sirsa highlighted that the Sikh community was always at the forefront whenever help was needed by the people of Kashmir.

“We were expecting people from the majority community will share Dias with us. Unfortunately, they didn’t. During floods in Kashmir, we would come with food every day from Delhi for 50,000 people,” said Sirsa. Adding, “When Kashmiri students were being harassed outside, the Sikh community arranged their travel to Valley.”

The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) head said that when it comes to Sikh community girls, no cleric and preacher raises their voice to criticise this act.

Amit Shah assures safety of Sikh girls

The SAD leader further said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah has assured them about the safety of minority Sikh girls in the Valley and that the girls would be soon returned to their families.

“He has given time to meet Jammu and Kashmir Sikh delegation soon to discuss the minority’s concerns,” the SAD leader said.

Shiromani Akali Dal President (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh Badal also took to Twitter and expressed ‘shock’ over the abduction and marriage of a Sikh girl in Srinagar.

“Shocked to learn that our Sikh daughter Manmeet Kaur was kidnapped and forcibly married to an elderly man of a different community in Srinagar. Have asked DSGMC president Manjinder Singh Sirsa ji to immediately rush there & ensure justice is delivered to the victim family,” Badal tweeted.