A 50-member delegation of Sikhs from across the U.S. met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here and thanked him for removing the names of over 300 community members from blacklist.
The Indian government last week removed from its blacklist names of 312 Sikh foreign nationals involved in anti-India activities after a review carried out by security agencies on the Adverse List.
ਹੌਸਟਨ ਵਿਖੇ ਸਿੱਖ ਭਾਈਚਾਰੇ ਨਾਲ ਮੁਲਾਕਾਤ ਦੌਰਾਨ ਬਹੁਤ ਵਧੀਆ ਵਿਚਾਰ ਚਰਚਾ ਕੀਤੀ। ਭਾਰਤ ਦੇ ਵਿਕਾਸ ਪ੍ਰਤੀ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਅੰਦਰ ਦੇ ਜੁਨੂੰਨ ਨੂੰ ਵੇਖ ਕੇ ਤਸੱਲੀ ਤੇ ਖੁਸ਼ੀ ਹੋਈ। 🙏🏻
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 22, 2019
ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ ਹਮੇਸ਼ਾ ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਚੜ੍ਹਦੀਕਲਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਰੱਖੇ। pic.twitter.com/yvSOnSw0iR
“We urged the Prime Minister to provide visa and passport services to the Sikh political asylees. This is important for the large Sikh community living in the U.S. to visit India in a year when we are celebrating the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Devji,” Indiana-based Gurinder Singh Khalsa said.
Mr. Modi later tweeted: “I had an excellent interaction with the Sikh community in Houston. I am delighted to see their passion towards India’s development!”
I had an excellent interaction with the Sikh Community in Houston. I am delighted to see their passion towards India’s development! pic.twitter.com/uvvaDtnvAY
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 22, 2019
The delegation also presented a memorandum listing their demands and thanked Mr. Modi for bringing to justice some of the perpetrators of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.