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Turban issue taken up with France
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, December 20
The government has taken up with France the issue of ban on Sikh turbans in French schools as part of that country’s new law.

Responding to a special mention by Mr S.S. Ahluwalia and the feelings of the members, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad told the Rajya Sabha today that External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh had taken up the issue with his French counterpart.