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Sikh Jatha, who went to Pakistan on the occasion of Prakash Parv of Guru Nanak Dev, is facing problems due to the mismanagement of the Government of Pakistan and the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (PSGPC). A member of the group has sent a message to India of the difficulties being faced by making the video. This issue has also been raised by the head and speaker of Shiromani Akali Dal.
A batch of Sikh pilgrims left for Pakistan from the SGPC office.
Shingara Singh, a Sikh devotee who went to Pakistan with the group, has made this video. In the video made by Shingara Singh, a group from India to Pakistan is sitting on the roadside. Shingara Singh is telling that the members of the group have left since 5 in the morning and it is around 8:30 in the night. Devotees are suffering from hunger and thirst. These include children, women and the elderly. There is no bus facility for them here. Due to which they are forced to sit on the side of the road.
Demand to send message to SGPC and Pradhan
Shingara Singh has demanded to convey this video to Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) members and Principal Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami. Shingara Singh has called that if such arrangements have to be made then there is no use in sending the batch.
Akali Dal President Sukhbir Badal’s tweet.
Akali Dal chief tweeted
Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Badal and speaker Daljit Cheema have also tweeted on the same issue from their Twitter account. He met the Minister of External Affairs, Government of India, Dr. S. Jaishankar to get the problems of the group being troubled in Pakistan removed.
SGPC contacts Pak officials
After the video went viral, now SGPC has also put forth its stand. The SGPC says that some members of the group had to face problems due to the start of the retreat ceremony at the border. Travel was affected for some time. SGPC has also appealed to PSGPC to solve the problems of Sikh pilgrims.
Sunday morning the batch left
It is worth noting that this year, Pakistan has given visa to 3 thousand Indian residents of Pakistan on the occasion of Prakash Parv of Guru Nanak Dev Ji. About 3 thousand pilgrims had given passports to SGPC, but due to limited number, 1496 passports were sent for visa. Out of which only 910 visas were approved by the Government of Pakistan. After which a batch of 910 pilgrims was left for Pakistan on Sunday morning itself.