(Image source from: Canadian Sikh MLA denied visa by India)

A Canadian Sikh, who is a member of Ontario's provincial parliament, was allegedly denied visa by the government of India. Jagmeet Singh has been selected for 'Sikh of the Year' Award by two NGOs, and wants to visit Amritsar inorder to attend the ceremony.

The young MPP asserted that the Indian consulate denied him the permission to travel to India via an email. Incidently, Singh is the first such Sikh member of the legislative assembly of Ontario that happens to be Canada's largest province.

Singh is of the view that apparently India government disapproves his strong demand for justice to anti-Sikh riots' victims of 1984. He further said that he had been propagating the issue as state sponsored massacre rather than riots between communities. Jagmeet's initiatives led to Canadian government passing a legislation that recognized April as Sikh heritage month in Ontario.

The two NGOs that had designated him 'Sikh of the Year' award were SEWA and International Fateh Academy. The ceremony was scheduled for December 24 in Amritsar.

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(AW: Pratima Tigga)