𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐤𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐣 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐭 𝐀𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐫𝐚! 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐤𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐫𝐚

We are pleased to share that the 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐧𝐣𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐒𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐲𝐚 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲 and the 𝟏𝟏 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐢𝐤𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐞, 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐫𝐚, had submitted a representation on 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟔, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, to 𝐒𝐡. 𝐑𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐉𝐚𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢 𝐉𝐢, 𝐈𝐀𝐒, 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, requesting the 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐤𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐣 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐭 and ensuring 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬.

𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝: 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐫𝐚

In response to our request, the department has taken 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, and we have now received an 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟓, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, to all 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐫𝐚 for the 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐤𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞.

Furthermore, 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟑, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 (𝐂𝐨𝐩𝐲 𝐄𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝), ensuring transparency and accountability in the process.

𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐤𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲

✅ 𝐍𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬

✅ 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬

✅ 𝐇𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐥𝐞-𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬

✅ 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐢𝐤𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐣 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬

𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩

On behalf of the 𝐒𝐢𝐤𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲, we 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐇𝐨𝐧’𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐡. 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚 𝐅𝐚𝐝𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐬 𝐉𝐢 for his 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 and 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 in ensuring this 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 was addressed. We also extend our 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐫𝐚, for their 𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬.

This is a 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 for Sikhs in Maharashtra, reinforcing 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲, and 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 for marriage registration under the 𝐒𝐢𝐤𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐣 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐭.

𝐖𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐮 𝐉𝐢 𝐊𝐚 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐚, 𝐖𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐮 𝐉𝐢 𝐊𝐢 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐡!

𝐁𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐡

𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐧𝐣𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐒𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐲𝐚 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲, 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐫𝐚

𝐉𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐡 𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐡𝐮

𝟏𝟏 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐢𝐤𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐞, 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐫𝐚