Sikh Council UK is urging all political parties to positively select Sikh candidates ahead of the snap General Election called for 8 June 2017.

There are no MPs from a Sikh background in the House of Commons currently.

Representatives from all the main political parties have spoken of the huge contribution that Sikhs make to British society and have acknowledged the lack of Sikhs in the House of Commons.

Sikh Council UK Secretary General Elect Jagtar Singh said “We call upon the parties to address the glaring lack of Sikhs in Westminster by shortlisting and selecting promising Sikh candidates in winnable constituencies. We will offer support to Sikh candidates who make it through the selection processes”.

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Sikh Council UK is pleased to announce the formation of Sikh Aware UK, the first ever hate crime monitoring platform for the Sikh community in the UK in partnership with several supporting partner organisations including , Khalsa Foundation, City Sikhs, Metropolitan Police Sikh Association, West Midlands Police Sikh Association, Home Office Sikh Association, Sikh Network, Sikh Helpline, Sikh Women’s Alliance and Gursevak Trust.

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Sikh Council UK is encouraging Sikhs to remain engaged in the Brexit process following the expected triggering of Article 50 today (29/3) which will start the formal process for the UK to leave the EU within two years.

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Secretary General of Sikh Council UK Gurmel Singh has received a message of appreciation from Lord Bourne, Parliamentary under Secretary of State for Faith and Integration.

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Sikh Council UK urges all Gurdwaras’ and other community organisations to review security arrangements including checking CCTV provision is in working order following yesterday’s terrorist attack in London.

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Sikh Council UK offers sincere its condolences, thoughts and prayers to the innocent victims that have been killed and injured this afternoon in Westminster, London following a terrorist incident.

Sikh Council UK strongly condemns this cowardly attack, which targeted the public and attempted to attack at the heart of British democracy.

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Sikh Council UK criticised the case of an immigration racket reportedly involving Sikhs and criticised border control officials for their failure to spot it.

According to reports’ the individuals in question admitted running the scam in which they provided British passports of family members to refugees from Afghanistan who were then able to enter the UK using those passports. Border officials are said to have had difficulty spotting the refugees who were not the real passport holders due to the passport photos being of Sikhs wearing turbans.

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A Sikh employee has been permitted to wear the kirpan in the workplace of an international telecommunications company based in the City in London following initially being refused to right to wear it on ostensible security grounds.

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Sikh Council UK offered its congratulations to Jagraj Singh who was recently awarded the Points of Light Award from the Prime Minister in recognition of his voluntary work with the Basics of Sikhi and Everything’s 13 organisations which he founded.

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Sikh Council UK was informed of an incident yesterday morning of attempted desecration of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji at Gurdwara Sahib, Woolwich.

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