KARACHI – Sardar Ramesh Singh, the first ever Sikh aspirant for Sindh Assembly, has filed nomination papers for reserved minority seat as an independent candidate.
Singh on Thursday claimed that no Sikh leader has taken part in the polls from Karachi on the reserved seat since partition, adding that he has been unanimously selected by the Sikh community.
The Sikh aspirant, who is also an activist and the patron-in-chief of the Pakistan Sikh Council, has not joined any political party but hoped that Pakistan Peoples Party would award him the ticket as he has applied for it.
There has never been a Sikh member of the Sindh Assembly, whereas, all other provincial assemblies have had a Sikh member at some point in time, Singh claimed, adding that presence of a Sikh in Sindh legislative body would give a positive message to the world.
Talking about his ambitions, he highlighted that he will raise voice for rights of minorities, which has been neglected for years, besides resolving issues being faced by the Sikh community.
He complained that Sikh community has been underrepresented in the recent census, which shows only 6,000 thousand Sikhs living in the country, adding that the actual number is over 30,000.
The strength of Sikhs in Sindh is more than 10,000, however, no Sikh has ever been able to represent the community in Sindh Assembly.
