The recent bilateral air service agreement between Indian and Canada has disappointed Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and Punjabi diaspora in Canada as there has been no announcement of direct air connectivity between Punjab and Canada. SGPC and Punjabi diaspora are irked with no flights being started from Canada to Sri Guru Ramdas Jee International Airport Amritsar.
The SGPC spokesperson and general secretary Gurcharan Singh Grewal said, “This is discriminatory attitude towards the Guru Nagari (the city of Guru) Amritsar, due to which there is resentment among the Sikhs in India and abroad. Under the new agreement, airports have been included for flights from many cities in India, but Punjabis and especially Sikhs have been discriminated against by ignoring Amritsar”.
