SGPC RESENTS UP MOVE TO BAN KIRPAN DURING EXAM

The SGPC has strongly flayed the alleged move of the education board in Uttar Pradesh to bar baptised Sikh students from wearing ‘kirpan’ above a particular size during examination hours.

The SGPC chief, Avtar Singh Makkar, said he had received a call from a Sikh organisation in UP, which informed him about the UP education board’s order. He said the move had been enforced for the examinations that were beginning from tomorrow. Makkar said it was unfortunate that the Sikhs had to face this situation in their own country.

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