{"id":98278,"date":"2017-06-11T06:35:07","date_gmt":"2017-06-11T06:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/?p=98278"},"modified":"2017-06-11T06:35:07","modified_gmt":"2017-06-11T06:35:07","slug":"gatka-association-punjabi-cultural-council-facilitates-dhesi-gill-seema-malhotra-attaining-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/98278","title":{"rendered":"Gatka Association &#038; Punjabi Cultural Council facilitates Dhesi, Gill Seema Malhotra for attaining victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chandigarh, June 10 (Punjab Post Bureau) &#8211; Hailing the achievement of Punjabis in UK parliamentary elections, the National Gatka <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-96824 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/HS-Grewal-Dy-Dir.jpg\" alt=\"HS Grewal Dy Dir\" width=\"196\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/HS-Grewal-Dy-Dir.jpg 350w, https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/HS-Grewal-Dy-Dir-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-98279 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Raghbir-Sharma.jpg\" alt=\"Raghbir Sharma\" width=\"190\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Raghbir-Sharma.jpg 300w, https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Raghbir-Sharma-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/>Association of India and Punjabi Cultural Council have extended warm congratulations to Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi \u2013 the first turban-wearing Sikh MP, Preet Kaur Gill \u2013 the first Sikh woman MP and Seema Malhotra over their impressive victory in election to the House of Commons.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a joint statement National Gatka Association of India President S. Harjeet Singh Grewal and Punjabi Cultural Council Vice Chairman Raghbir Sharma has sent rousing felicitations to Dhesi, Preet Gill and Seema Malhotra on their thumping success in UK parliamentary elections. They said the electorates of Slough has elected a dedicated hard worker and young representative Mr. Dhesi in the British parliament who would have the same visible impact in Europe that former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had in raising the profile of the Punjabis and particularly the Sikhs in the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gatka promoter S. Grewal said asserted that now Sikhs and Punjabis would have an effective voice in UK Parliament as both Dhesi and Gill are well respected within the community and are in touch with Gurdwaras&#8217; sangats. &#8220;They understand current issues and problems being faced by the community. Also they are very articulate having vast knowledge and immense potential to raise the voice of diaspora in the House of Commons&#8221;, he added.<\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Grewal and Raghbir said Dhesi had done a lot for people especially the Kent County during his tenure as mayor and played an active role in establishing a magnificent Gurudwara sahib at Gravesend. He added that Punjabi community in UK and India speaks high of him as he has always upheld the spirit of Punjabi and Punjabiat among the diaspora.<\/li>\n<li>Grewal, who is also chairman of International Sikh Martial Art Academy, said that S. Dhesi is heading UK Gatka Federation since six years and organizing national level Gatka championships successfully every year in different cities of Britain besides promoting other games also.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile Harjeet Singh Grewal and Raghbir Sharma has also sent their warm felicitations to Virendra Sharma who has retained his Ealing Southall seat comfortably for the fourth time in a row.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chandigarh, June 10 (Punjab Post Bureau) &#8211; Hailing the achievement of Punjabis in UK parliamentary elections, the National Gatka Association of India and Punjabi Cultural Council have extended warm congratulations to Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi \u2013 the first turban-wearing Sikh MP, Preet Kaur Gill \u2013 the first Sikh woman MP and Seema Malhotra over their impressive &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-english"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gatka Association &amp; 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