The Centre has revoked the order banning Sikh employees and passengers from carrying kirpan at the airports.
BJP member Manjinder Singh Sirsa in a tweet informed that the Ministry of Civil Aviation has allowed Sikh employees to carry kirpan at the airport during their duty.
"The corrigendum removed the objectionable restriction. Employees (& passengers) can carry Kripan at Indian airports," Sirsa wrote.
According to the order shared by Sirsa, the length of the blade of kirpan carried by a Sikh passenger should not exceed 15.24 cms (6 inches); and the total length of a kirpan must not exceed 22.86 cms (9 inches).
Additionally, the Central government has also set a condition to carry a kirpan.
According to the order by Jaideep Prasad, Director General, BCAS, " It is (Kirpan) is allowed while travelling by air on Indian aircraft within India (domestic routes of full domestic flights only)".
Sikh organisations objected after a Sikh employee was stopped from performing his duty at Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport, Amritsar, because he was carrying kirpan with him.
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Harjinder Singh Dhami wrote a letter to Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia to revoke the order.
"In their own country, this discrimination is a major attack on the religious freedom of the Sikhs, which will never be allowed to be implemented. The Centre should never forget that the Sikhs have remained at the forefront in making sacrifices for the freedom of this country and if the culture of the country survives today, it is because of the Sikhs," he said in the letter.
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