Jammu Tawi: Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress committee and Jammu kashmir Apni Party today condemned the islamic conversion of sikh girls in Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress committee has asked the LG Manoj Sinha to immediately order an independent investigation into the serious allegations of forcible conversions and marriages of two sikh girls in Kashmir and make public the findings in a time bound manner.
Expressing serious concern over the allegations of forcible conversions and marriages of two Sikh girls, Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress committee has sought a thorough probe and making public the findings in the shortest possible time to take stern action accordingly.
JKPCC Chief spokesperson Ravinder Sharma said that the party strongly condemns such incidents as alleged and the minorities should be fully protected including their dignity, honour and freedom in all respects.Any such incident should be taken with all seriousness in view of the sensitivity of the Issue. Stern action should be taken against those found involved in the alleged commission of crime and creating tensions amongst communities.The people are cautioned against attempts to create communal tensions by such incidents.
Apni Party today strongly condemned alleged forced marriage and conversion of a Sikh girl in Srinagar and demanded strict action against the accused person who have attempted to promote enmity between the two communities.
In a statement to the press, Ex-MLC and General Secretary, Vijay Bakaya has expressed his deep concern over the miscreants who are bent upon to hurt the feelings of a community and create mistrust with their acts which should be strongly condemned by all.
Bakaya said that “The Kashmiri Sikhs have remained an important part of society in the Valley and they have stayed back in parts of Kashmir despite militancy. However, this incident has alarmed all of us.”
Apni Party, General Secretary, Vikram Malhotra said such acts must be discouraged and the parents of the person who is behind this act should come forward and safely hand over the Sikh girl to her parents.
He demanded that the accused person and his supporters should be booked under strangest laws so that these things could not be repeated again.
Provincial President, Jammu, Manjit Singh said that the miscreants who are behind this act should be brought to book and religious leaders of Kashmir should openly oppose this act.
He said that this has hurt the centuries old relations between Kashmiri Muslims and Sikh community and elements like this should not be encouraged at any cost.
He, however, appealed for communal harmony. He also urged the religious leaders of Muslim community to come forward and denounce this act happened in Srinagar.
“It is the duty of majority community to protect the rights of minority community and respect the age-old Muslim-Sikh brotherhood in Kashmir which also exist across the world,” he added.
He demanded an impartial probe into the forced marriage and conversion of the Sikh girl.
