India condemn transfer of Kartarpur gurdwara mangement to a separate trust

In a sudden move, Pakistan has transferred the management of the Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara from a Sikh body to a separate trust. Now the administrative control of the gurdwara has been given to the Evacuee Trust Property Board, a non-Sikh body, India has condemned Pakistan's decision to transfer the management of the Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara from a Sikh body to a separate trust.“We have seen reports about Pakistan transferring the management and maintenance of the Holy Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib away from the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabhandhak Committee, a body run by the minority Sikh Community, to the administrative control of the Evacuee Trust Property Board, a non-Sikh body," the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement on Thursday.

The MEA said India received representations from the Sikh community expressing grave concern over the decision to transfer the management and maintenance of the gurdwara from the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabhandhak Committee to the administrative control of the Evacuee Trust Property Board, a non-Sikh body. They have  expressed grave concern over the decision by Pakistan "targeting the rights" of the minority Sikh community in that country.

Our statement on reports about Pakistan transferring the management and maintenance of the Holy Gurudwara Kartarpur Sahib pic.twitter.com/82S7we2P2y

— Anurag Srivastava (@MEAIndia) November 5, 2020