AdminAfter the directions of the Supreme Court, the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) has constituted a high-level committee comprising five members that will give look into the suggestions for imposing ban on Sikh jokes. The committee is headed by Justice (retd) HS Bedi. The members are Justice (retd) YM Iqbal, Pawan Kumar Verma, Rajya […]
After the directions of the Supreme Court, the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) has constituted a high-level committee comprising five members that will give look into the suggestions for imposing ban on Sikh jokes.
The committee is headed by Justice (retd) HS Bedi. The members are Justice (retd) YM Iqbal, Pawan Kumar Verma, Rajya Sabha member, MP Bejbaruah and Dr Raghubir Singh, retired IAS officers.
The Supreme Court directed the DSGMC to submit suggestions in six weeks. At the time of constituting the committee, Manjit appealed to the people, especially the Sikh Sangat, to send their suggestions on a designated email address dsgmc.guidelines@gmail.com till March 5, 2016.
The DSGMC was opposing jokes showing Sikhs in bad light because some people were making racial attacks not only on Sikhs, but all ethnic groups and communities only to earn money.
The DSGMC was not against any particular person, but against those who were writing and circulating jokes on Sikhs.
The five-member high-powered committee would give suggestions within the purview of the Indian legal system and also keep religious ethos in mind.
After the Supreme Court’s directions school children belonging to the Sikh families also supported as they were also victimised due to racial jokes.
~ Source: Tribune