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Not a Muslim, however an anti-Khalistani Sikh cop will head the National Commission for Minorities

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The Union authorities on Wednesday (September 8) appointed former IPS officer Iqbal Singh Lalpura because the chairman of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM). Lalpura is an influential chief who hails from Punjab and belongs to the Sikh group. He has been a BJP spokesperson, having joined the social gathering in 2012. He replaces Syed Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi because the fee chairman.“I will work to protect the interests of minorities across the country and am thankful to the government for choosing me for this responsibility,” Iqbal was quoted as saying by The Tribue after his appointment.Arrested Jarnail Singh BhindranwaleOne may also keep in mind Iqbal as one of many three officers handpicked by the then authorities to arrest Khalistan chief Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale in April 1981. The secessionist chief had demanded that he’ll solely submit himself if Baptized officers have been despatched for him. It was then that Jarnail Singh Chahal and SDM BS Bhullar, alongside Iqbal Singh, have been chosen for the mission.He was additionally an investigating officer for the 1978 Sikh Nirankari conflict. With the Punjab elections slated to be held subsequent yr and Sikh farmers nonetheless being led astray by few rotten tomatoes within the title of farm payments, Iqbal’s appointment turns into much more necessary.Muslim members because the statutory physique’s headEver for the reason that inception of the Minority Commission, members of the Muslim group have principally headed the statutory physique. Other minorities haven’t acquired equal illustration and infrequently the Commission has been known as out for excessively pandering to the whims of the Muslim group.A Sikh has been appointed because the chairman of the nationwide council of minorities. The second majority is dropping its favorite tag. pic.twitter.com/C6JHRGoBGW— The Frustrated Indian (@FrustIndian) September 8, 2021As per Section 9(1) of the NCM Act, 1992, the Commission is required to carry out the next features:- (a) analysis of the progress of the event of minorities underneath the Union and States; (b) monitoring of the working of the safeguards for minorities offered within the Constitution and in legal guidelines enacted by Parliament and the State Legislatures.Initially, 5 spiritual communities — Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Zoroastrians (Parsis) — have been notified as minority communities by the Union authorities. Further via a notification, dated January 27, 2014, Jains have been additionally notified as one other minority group.However, Muslim appeasement discovered its method via within the fee and successive governments used the statutory physique to appease Muslims. But, with Iqbal’s appointment, the Islamo-leftist cabal has been despatched a stern message.Iqbal is the second Sikh to go the fee after S Tarlochan Singh headed the fee between 2003 and 2006. The former IPS officer has a profound data about his faith as he has authored 14 books on Sikh philosophy and historical past. ‘Japji Sahib ik vichaar’, ‘Gurbani katha vichaar’ and ‘Wangaar’ are few of the books that he has penned.