Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Mar 21: All Parties Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) has asked the members of Sikh community to boycott the ruling National Conference-Congress alliance in the upcoming Parliamentary elections.
APSCC Chairman, Jagmohan Singh Raina, accused the Government of discriminating with the Sikh community.
“Sikh voters should not fall prey to the hoax promises given by the leaders of political parties especially National Conference and Congress. They have failed to fulfill the genuine demands of the community that are pending for long,” Raina said in a statement.
Raina wondered on what agenda the leaders of the ruling alliance in the State would come before the Sikhs to seek votes.
“NC and Congress don’t have moral or ethical authority to seek votes from Sikhs living across the State,” said Raina.
Raina said that the 23 years of turmoil has shattered the standing of Sikhs in the State more so those living in the Kashmir valley.
He said even after 14 years of the Chittisinghpora killings in which around 50 people were killed no inquiry has been constituted which we have been regularly demanding and it was very sad that nothing concrete has come out.
Raina said that Sikhs constitute an important component of the electorate in the majority of the Lok Sabha seats.
“Under the mass contact programme we have already educated the Sikh voters in both rural and urban areas not to vote for people who have deceived them over the past many years. We have also told the members of community to be vigilant from various agents within the community since they are hell-bent on causing harm to the common good of the community,” said Raina.
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