SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday thanked the Union government for slashing the Centre's 'blacklist' that restricted Sikh foreign nationals from visiting India for their alleged anti-national precedents.
The government has removed from its blacklist names of 312 foreigner Sikhs allegedly involved in anti-India activities with only two persons now figuring in it, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday.
The decision was taken after a review by different security agencies on the Central Adverse List or blacklist, he added.
A blacklist on Sikh foreign nationals maintained by various Indian missions abroad has also been discontinued by the government.
Welcoming the Centre's decision, Badal said, "The list was created by Congress regimes which imposed restrictions on Sikhs' visits to India. It was the culmination of the efforts of former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and the SAD which had been consistently following up this issue with the NDA government."
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