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Sindhis demand community cultural centre in Indore

INDORE: Sindhi community demanded construction of a community centre near Limbodi Talaab during a mahasabha, inaugurated by BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya , on Sunday.

The community representatives from across the country said that in its Vachan Patra, Congress had promised that a Sindhi community cultural centre will be constructed in each state.

So, they were demanding a community centre in Indore .

The centre should include a cultural auditorium, cremation ground and a temple for which the community has proposed to support 20% of the budget, they said.

“We have demanded government to help us in getting Indian nationality to 250 people, who are living in Indore for past 15 years. We have urged the government to constitute a committee having a representative of the community to address the issue of nationality,” Sindhi Mahasabha general secretary Rajkumar Makhija said. He added, “The proposed community college should be started soon in Bairagarh area of Bhopal.”

The representatives also demanded that chief minister Kamal Nath should visit Indore to celebrate Cheti Chand just like former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan used to celebrate in Bhopal. They urged the chief minister to make it a tradition in Indore now.

Congress MLA Jitu Patwari, who joined the event said, “I will try to get chief minister Kamal Nath for celebration of Cheti Chand festival here.”

“There are several mediators which charge money for nationality from people who travel to India from Pakistan. I have told collector Lokesh Jatav to take action and eliminate them,” he added.

Organiser Kishore Kodwani said, “An industrial corridor is being made from Delhi to Mumbai. It will cross Indore, Ujjain, Dhar, Ratlam, Shajapur, Neemuch , Dewas , Mandsaur, Jhabua and Rajgarh. It has been decided that NRI Sindhis will invest and local Sindhis will set up industries in the corridor. We have demanded government to provide us land from the corridor.”

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