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French Govt may lift Sikh Turban ban on India's Plea
CHANDIGARH/NEW DELHI: India may have found a novel way of persuading France to lift the ban on Sikh turbans by invoking Europe's deep-seated fear of terrorism.
According to minister of state for external affairs Preneet Kaur, India has taken up the issue of French authorities taking photographs as identity markers and conveyed to Paris that if Sikhs are photographed without turbans, it would create a faulty database.
Kaur said the Indian demand of allowing turbans in France was under active consideration and the matter was likely to be resolved soon.
"The plea that we have taken is that the French government is taking photographs and fingerprints as identity markers. However, if Sikhs are photographed without turbans, then they are accumulating wrong records because normally, a Sikh will always wear a turban," Kaur said.
Kaur, who was in Chandigarh on Saturday, said the fact that a turbaned Sikh
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French Govt may lift Sikh Turban ban on India's Plea
CHANDIGARH/NEW DELHI: India may have found a novel way of persuading France to lift the ban on Sikh turbans by invoking Europe's deep-seated fear of terrorism.
According to minister of state for external affairs Preneet Kaur, India has taken up the issue of French authorities taking photographs as identity markers and conveyed to Paris that if Sikhs are photographed without turbans, it would create a faulty database.
Kaur said the Indian demand of allowing turbans in France was under active consideration and the matter was likely to be resolved soon.
"The plea that we have taken is that the French government is taking photographs and fingerprints as identity markers. However, if Sikhs are photographed without turbans, then they are accumulating wrong records because normally, a Sikh will always wear a turban," Kaur said.
Kaur, who was in Chandigarh on Saturday, said the fact that a turbaned Sikh
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