Indian Institute of Technology Bans Sikh Kara, Sikh body wrote letter in protest
Sri Guru Singh Sabha Mumbai wrote letter to Indian Union Minister for Human Resource Development for immediate withdrawal of unlawful orders of Indian Institute of Technology and other higher educational institutions
Punjab News 24, Mumbai : Sri Guru Singh Sabha Mumbai has written a letter to Prakash Javadekar, Indian minister of Human Resource Development for immediately issuing clear instructions to the IITs and medical institutions to refrain from upsetting Sikh students right at the door of their examination halls. It is pertinent to mention here that incidents of harassment of Sikh students appearing for higher education exams in technical and medical fields is increasing day by day. In the letter Mumbai Singh Sabha has written “Wearing the Kara and the Kirpan is not a concession to Sikh students but a matter of right -enjoined in the Sikh religion, attained by the Sikhs after supreme sacrifice and expressly sanctioned by the Constitution of India.”
The letter says, “We fail to understand as to what harm can a steel bracelet around the wrist of a Sikh boy or girl can do during examinations? Who has given the IITs examiners and other senior staff to go against the letter and spirit of the constitution, which clearly guarantees under Article 15 -prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth?”







