Special facility for Sikh workers at the request of SGPC, permission to carry swords at Indian airports

The Aviation Ministry accepted the demand of SGPC; Sikh employees will be able to carry Kirpan at the Indian airport

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The Ministry of Civil Aviation has provided some special facilities to the Sikhs. The Sikhs are now allowed to carry Kirpans. According to the orders, Sikh passengers are now allowed to carry Kirpan during air travel. The ministry has issued guidelines for the same. In the guidelines, it states that the length of the blade should not exceed 15.24cm. Passengers will be able to take a saber up to 22.86 cm. The permission has been granted for domestic passenger aircraft.

 
The guidelines have been issued at the request of the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC). The ministry of Aviation had issued an order on March 4, ordering the Sikh employees not to carry Kirpans. Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami, president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), has warned the Indian government to take care of the religious freedom of Sikhs before issuing any order.

 
Advocate Dhami wrote a letter to the Ministry of Aviation on March 9, objecting that the Ministry of Aviation is trying to snatch the freedom of Sikhs. A kirpan is one of the five K’s worn in Sikhism. In the letter written to Jyotiraditya Scindia by President Dhami said, “The government of India should never forget that the Sikhs have remained at the forefront in making sacrifices for the freedom of the country.” Within 5 days of sending the letter, the Ministry of Aviation has withdrawn its order. 

 

Dhami said that the Government should not issue any order against the religious freedom of Sikhs or any person in the future. Government should have thought before issuing this order.

 

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