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Sikhs Protest Against Arvind Kejriwal, Selection Board For ‘Inconvenience’

Darpan News Desk IANS, 18 Nov, 2019 08:33 PM

    Sikh activists on Monday protested outside the Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB) office here against the DSSSB chairman and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.


    They were against the board’s decision of preventing Sikh candidates from wearing ‘kirpan’ and ‘kara’ in the examination.


    The activists were led by DSGMC president Manjinder Singh Sirsa and general secretary Harmeet Singh Kalka.


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