On one hand, minorities in Kashmir were facing threats and on the other the state and central governments have "forsaken" them, he said.

"Sikhs are forced by protesters to come out and join them and if they don't they are harassed that their houses would be burned," Singh claimed.

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Singh, however, acknowledged that a handful members from the Sikh community were playing in the hands of separatists. "There are some self-proclaimed Sikh leaders, who have become stooges of separatist leadership and are speaking in unison with them for their vested interests," he said.

Extending support to the agitation by the Kashmiri Pandit employees, who have been protesting outside the office of Relief Commissioner Jammu for over a month, Singh said had it been the members from the majority community government would have had their issues resolved.

Welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement that the areas of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) were an integral part of India, Singh said it was the minority community who suffered the worst when tribals aided by the Pakistan Army attacked Jammu and Kashmir in 1947.