New Delhi: The Indian government has renewed it's efforts to convince the French government to lift the ban on on Sikh turbans.
New Delhi reportedly told Paris that if the French authorities photographed Sikhs without turbans, it may create a database that may not be correct.
"The plea that we have taken is that the French government is taking photographs and fingerprints as identity markers. However, if Sikhs are photographed without turbans, then they accumulating wrong are records because normally, a Sikh will always wear a turban," said Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur.
India's demand of removing the ban on Sikh turbans is reportedly being considered by French authorities.
The French Parliament had passed a law in 2004 which made it mandatory for Sikhs to remove turbans when being clicked for a driving licence.
In 2006 the Sikh community had appealed to the French President against the ruling but in vain.
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