Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, June 30: The All Parties Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) today demanded implementation of Anti-Conversion Law in J&K as well as Inter Caste Marriage Act to halt the ‘forcible conversion’ of people.
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Addressing a press conference here, Chairman APSCC Jagmohan Singh Raina said that the implementation of the law has become important in J&K.
“This would stop the forcible conversion of people belonging to any religion whatsoever and at the same time, the same friction between the different communities would also come to an end once for all. There would be no tensions between the communities and all the people would live without fear,” he said.
He also demanded the implementation of Inter Caste Marriage Act is implemented in Jammu & Kashmir stating that once the Act is put in practice “the inter-caste marriages would come to an end automatically,” he said.
Raina said that the implementation of the Act would safeguard the interests of the people belonging to different faiths and religions. “The elements who want to have mileage out of such marriages would also face an inevitable defeat,” he said.
He also said that over the years, members of elite political families of Jammu & Kashmir have been indulged in inter-caste marriage “but surprisingly nobody pointed fingers towards them.”
Whenever such an incident happens in a normal family, he said, the issue gets blown out of proportion. “People should be vigilant so that the opportunistic politicians don’t exploit them,” he said.
APSCC said that the Sikh community in Jammu & Kashmir has been living in harmony with the majority Muslim community and over the years many attempts were made “to create a wedge between the two communities by the vested interests.”
Since some unfortunate incidents came to the fore in the recent past both Muslims and Sikhs must maintain communal harmony and brotherhood.
The APSCC said that people need to remain vigilant and ensure that the congenial atmosphere does not get vitiated. “Since both the communities have supported each other through thick and thin it is the responsibility of members of both communities to continue with the synergy,” Raina said.
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