LONDON, UK—The Sikh Federation UK has condemned involvement of the Delhi Gurdwara Sikh Management Committee in the upcoming national elections in the UK. SF UK stated that the DSGMC doesn’t have a clue about UK elections and that the Gurdwara management body located in Delhi was merely interested in fame for itself. “You need to plan years in advance to get Sikh candidates selected by parties and then into winnable constituencies,” it stated.
SF UK stated that elections in UK cannot be contested in India style. The UK based organization asked DSGMC to not waste the time and money of the Delhi Sangat by sending delegations to the UK.
Bhai Dabinderjit Singh OBE, Principal Adviser to the Sikh Federation (UK) stated –
“The DSGMC and AISSF should sort things out in India and keep out of UK elections. Sikhs in the UK have shown they are much more capable than their counterparts on securing Sikh rights than those in India. Why do they not launch a massive campaign to address Article 25 of the Indian Constitution. Also as Rajnath Singh has referred to the events of 1984 as Genocide they should be demanding not only action by the Modi government, but also appealing for a UN-led investigation given the past failings of the Indian Government over 30 years.”
Bhai Amrik Singh, Chair of the Sikh Federation (UK) said –
“The Sikh Federation (UK) and Sikh Network are leading the way with the Sikh Manifesto, meetings with the leaders of the main political parties and interaction with over 300 MPs and Parliamentary candidates. They just want to get on the Sikh Manifesto bandwagon on the eve of the British elections as we are getting widespread support and publicity. The DSGMC should also clarify its position on the application of self determination to the Sikhs and the specifics set out on this in section 10 of the Sikh Manifesto because in the past the Sikhs Diaspora has sent them into hiding and eventually packing for lacking the vision to see this is our birth right stipulated by our Gurus.”
Well said. What kind of support can be offered by such shamefully subordinate committees/bodies apart from what appears to be plentiful expertise at being gullible or even worse being vindictive and spiteful?