Guru Granth Sahib: India Raises Issue Of Reported Seizure Of Copies With Qatar

New Delhi: The Exterior Affairs Ministry of the Government of India acknowledged on Friday, 23 August 2024 that it has taken up with Qatar experiences of seizure of copies of the Guru Granth Sahib, and is in accordance serious priority to the matter.

“Now we have considered experiences involving the Guru Granth Sahib seized at some level of the Qatari authorities and the demand of their launch at some level of the Sikh neighborhood,” Exterior Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal acknowledged.

The spokesperson for the Ministry of Exterior Affairs acknowledged that the authorities has engaged with Qatar involving the placement, and the Indian embassy in Doha has always up-to-the-minute the Sikh neighborhood on the nation of affairs’s progress.

“It be miles obligatory to depend that two Swaroops of Guru Granth Sahib have been taken through Qatar authorities from two people/organizations who have been charged for strolling non secular establishment with out approval of the authorities of Qatar,” Jaiswal acknowledged.

“Our Embassy rendered all accessible suggestions within the ambit of neighborhood regulations and policies,” he acknowledged.

MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal grew to change into responding to media queries on the placement.

“One Swaroop of the Holy E booklet grew to change into again through Qatari authorities and it grew to change into assured that the opposite Swaroop is likewise stored with admire,” Jaiswal acknowledged.

“We continue to practice up the matter with Qatar authorities with serious priority and hope for early resolution,” he acknowledged.

(With PTI inputs)