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Delhi Subordinate Services Examination Board didn’t allow Sikh youth wearing ‘kara’ and ‘kirpan’ to appear in competitive examsTribune News ServiceNew Delhi, November 18Two groups of Sikhs held protests on Monday against the Delhi Subordinate Services Examination Board which did not allow Sikh youth to appear in competitive exams by wearing mandatory articles of Sikhism like the “kara” and the “kirpan”. The Shiromani Akali Dal carried out a protest outside the office of the DSSSB. Addressing the dharna, Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) chairman Manjinder Singh Sirsa said the Delhi Government was doing injustice to Sikh youth in spite of the orders of the High Court. He said the High Court had clearly stated that the Sikhs could not be prevented from wearing their religious symbols while appearing in the examination. He said the government machinery was trying to prevent Sikh youth from getting government jobs..