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True story of Sant Bhinderanwale ( Interview with Bibi Pritam Kaur) The Female war legend - Bibi Pritam Kaur ( must watch) " after the army gained control of the Darbar Sahib Complex- Hindus from the city came in on the Parkarma. stated dancing - danced for hours -celebrated with poorian and chole ( a kind of popular food) -- distributed to 'Indian soldiers' " . . .

. Punjab Police Sold Drugs ..

Source: http://www.minoritiesofindia.org/u-s-congress-warns-india-on-hunger-striker-surat-singh-khalsa/ U.S. Congress Warns India on Hunger-Striker Surat Singh Khalsa Cause of Indian political prisoners reaches U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry . . San Jose, CA: May 29, 2015 — Six California congressional representatives issued a letter to United States Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday asking him to take up the cause of Surat Singh Khalsa, a U.S permanent resident on a hunger-strike in Punjab, India since January 16. The six congressional representatives appealing for Surat Singh Khalsa. “We are seriously concerned about the repressive actions that have been taken against him for continuing to peacefully exercise his right to free speech,” says the letter initiated by Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren and joined by Representatives Anna Eshoo, Mike Honda, Tom McClintock, Jerry McNerney, and Eric Swalwell. Khalsa is “on a hunger-strike protesting for political prisoners in India who have completed their sentences but have not been released.” Lofgren’s office began the letter after a May 13 visit by a delegation that included her constituent and Khalsa’s daughter, Devinderdeep Kaur. Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren’s staffer poses with an OFMI delegation. The representatives wrote: “Mr. Khalsa immigrated to the United States in 1988 to seek refuge from the religious and political persecution he suffered as a result of peacefully protesting against the 1984 Sikh massacre.” Ending in November 1984, the massacre involved an Indian military invasion of the biggest Sikh gurdwara as well as the decimation of Sikhs in New Delhi. In April, California became the first state or national government in the world to formally recognize the genocide when the Legislature passed ACR 34, declaring: “Government and law enforcement officials organized, participated in, and failed to intervene to prevent the killings through direct and indirect means.” Khalsa wrote an open letter to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 11 noting, “I will always remember the death dance of India in November 1984, and I cry my heart out recalling the killing of thousands of Sikh youth in Punjab, and I am disturbed at the continuous imprisonment of individuals who have finished their long prison terms.” Gogi and Khalsa reunited after charges against both were dropped. Khalsa and his son, Ravinder Singh (a U.S. citizen), were arrested on February 26 and detained for two months under an ordinance allowing detention of those suspected of “disturbing the peace” — Gogi was held in jail and Khalsa in a militarized wing of a hospital, where he was force-fed for 56 days. The letter to Secretary Kerry states: “The existence and use of these laws, which India has used to restrict freedom of expression and association, is contrary to democratic principles, and specifically to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights which India has ratified.” Criticizing the Indian government, the letter continues: “We are deeply troubled by several developments in their case. Mr. Singh reported that when he was arrested, police threatened him with false murder charges if he did not try to persuade his father to end his hunger-strike. Family members in the U.S. made us aware that the father and son were physically abused and beaten while in prison.” Khalsa remains under government surveillance in Punjab, and the letter requests Kerry to “monitor Mr. Khalsa’s situation and urge the Indian government to immediately release Mr. Khalsa from house arrest on medical grounds.” Advocating for Indian political prisoners, the representatives appeal: “We also request that you urge the Indian government to abide by its international human rights commitments under international law and ensure that these rights are safeguarded for political prisoners and all citizens in India.” Bhajan Singh, the founding director of the Organization for Minorities of India who spearheaded congressional efforts in cooperation with Khalsa’s family, remarks: “When oppressed minorities speak with one voice, those in power listen. We thank the family for their courage, and the hard work of the Sikh, Christian, and Muslim communities. This is a call to defend the liberties of the Mulnivasi Sangh of India.” . .

Source: http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/world/us-congress-to-hold-hearing-on-rights-of-religious-minorities-in-india/86833.html US Congress to hold hearing on rights of religious minorities in India Washington, May 29 A key US Congressional committee has called for a public hearing on the rights and freedoms of religious minorities in India to be held early next month. The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission has invited experts from India, the US and the UK to testify before it at the US Congress on June 3. The hearing would be led by Congressman Patrick Meehan, co-chair of the American-Sikh Caucus, Congressmen Joseph Pitts and Jim McGovern, co-chairs of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. No US government official would testify before the committee. This briefing will outline the important legal, social and cultural issues related to the persecution of minorities in India, according to a media report. Panelists include Rev Joshva Raja, Research Supervisor, University of Amsterdam; Iqtidar Karamat Cheema, director, Institute for Leadership and Community Development, United Kingdom; and Professor Gurdarshan Sing Dhillon, Professor of History (retired), Punjab University. Sahar Chaudhry, Senior Policy Analyst, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom and John Sifton, Asia Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch too would testify before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Committee. The panelists will also make recommendations as to how the US can play a role to safeguard religious minorities in India and around the world, a statement of the committee said. India’s Constitution guarantees that “all persons are equally entitled to freedom of conscience and the right freely to profess, practice and propagate religion,” it said. However, attacks against Muslims, Christians, Sikhs and Dalits have increased in recent years, it alleged. A 2015 report by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom asked the Obama Administration to press the Indian government to publicly rebuke officials and religious leaders who endorse these hateful acts, the committee said. — PTI *************** . . .

U.S Congress Warns India on Bapu Surat Singh To read the article, please click at the link below Source: http://sikhsiyasat.net/2015/05/30/u-s-congress-warns-india-on-hunger-striker-surat-singh-khalsa/

This thread is for video on Sikh politics. Though, this video is not on Sikh politics per say, but for youth it would be (I think) quite thought provoking. . . .

How to Understand and Remember the Ghallughara 1984 Sikh Genocide Novemeber 1984 Dr. Sewak Singh, delivered this speech at Gurdwara Park Avenue , Southall, U.K (I think) Dr. Sewak Singh is a Proffesor/ Lecturer at the Eternal University, Baru Sahib (Himachal Pradesh) . . .

Diwaan in Hasanpur - Bapu Surat Singh's village Part 1 Part 2 . . .

Source: http://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/private-buses-exceed-permits-in-punjab-offenders-rule-the-road/article1-1350805.aspx Private buses exceed permits in Punjab, offenders rule the road Prabhjit Singh, Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Updated: May 25, 2015 08:28 IST The private bus transporters have been taking the Punjab government for a ride, as it is now official that 659 of the 3,543 commercial buses registered in the state have no permit. By ferrying passengers illegally, their owners evade transport tax of Rs 3.03 for each kilometre travelled. Even by a conservative estimate of 100 km covered daily, the state exchequer is deprived of at least Rs 2 lakh a day, or Rs 7 crore a year. HT scanned an affidavit that the state transport commissioner had submitted to the Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday about the total buses, and compared it with the official permit figures it had secured, to discover the big gap that had skipped the eyes of the huge transport department machinery. The Badals-owned Orbit Aviation, Taj Travels and Dabwali Transport Company (DTC) own 116 route permits collectively, far fewer than their actual fleet of 163 buses, according to the official data. Keeping into account the state transport policy that allows a single extra bus for every 10 permits, the Badals' fleet still has 36 buses running illegally in the state they rule. Of the 116 permits, 62 belong to Orbit Aviation, 64 to DTC, and 37 to Taj Travels, while 163 buses of the Badals are registered with the Bathinda district transport office (DTO). Jujhar Construction and Travels and Jujhar Passenger Bus Service, both owned by the Badals' close associate Gurdeep Singh of Fastway Transmission cable network, have a total fleet of 83 buses against only 18 permits. The buses are registered with the DTOs in Ludhiana (51) and Moga (32). Asked to comment, Ludhiana-based Gurdeep Singh of the Jujhar group said that there was a gap between his total permits and buses indeed, but 11 of his buses were leased out to "other permit owners" and a few were idle for years after accidents, and so their permits had not been renewed. Gurdeep denied that his 51 buses were registered at the Ludhiana DTO alone, even as the official record has the registration numbers of these coaches. Muktsar district planning board chairman and Gidderbaha 'halqa' (territory) in-charge of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), Hardeep Singh Dimpy Dhillon, has 114-bus fleet registered with the Muktsar DTO, against only 60 permits. Of these buses, 55 are in the name of New Deep Bus Service and 59 in the name of 'New Deep Motors Registered Channu Gidderbaha. The other main defaulters reflected in the official route-permit list include Libra Bus Service; New Fatehgarh; New Piyar Bus Service, Amritsar; New Sutlej Transport Company, Jalandhar; Raj Transport, Amritsar; Ambala Bus Syndicate, Ropar; and A2Z Transport, Sangrur. Senior Congress leader Avtar Henry is among the defaulters with 74 buses against 35 permits. When contacted, Henry's son, Junior Sanghera, claimed that both their companies - Kartar Bus Service, Jalandhar, and Kartar Tourist Bus Service -more permits than buses actually. "I do not believe this (official) data," he said. Official version Punjab transport secretary Anurag Aggarwal put the entire onus of maintaining the official data on the state transport commissioner, saying: "The STC is responsible for all such things." STC Ashwani Kumar did not take the repeated calls made to him in the past two days to get his version. Additional STC Harmel Singh, when contacted, said the gap between the total buses and permits could not be so high. When confronted with the data, he said the permits might not have been renewed in some cases. "The regional transport authorities (RTAs) issue the permits, while the registration is done at the DTO offices. I cannot say anything more," he added. The state has four RTAs, one each in Ferozepur, Bathinda, Patiala and Jalandhar, to issue route permits in respective regions; and the DTOs' job is to inspect the buses en route in their jurisdictions. The affidavit The list that the state transport department had submitted in the high court mentioned companies that owned 3,543 private buses in the state against 2,508 of the state-run Pepsu Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) and Punjab Roadways. The affidavit was silent on route permits. Owners (companies) Buses Permit-fleet gap for major defaulters The Badals Orbit Aviation 62 Taj Travels 37 Dabwali Transport Company 64 ….. Total fleet 163 Permits 116 Gap 47 Estimated loss to exchequer per day Rs 14,000 ………. Badals' aide Gurdeep Singh of Fastway Jujhar Construction and Travels 51 Jujhar Passenger Bus Service 32 Total fleet 83 Permits 18 Gap 65 Estimated loss to exchequer per day Rs 20,000 ……………… Dimpy Dhillon, SAD's Gidderbaha 'halqa' in-charge New Deep Bus Service 55 New Deep Motors Regd. Channu Gidderbaha 59 Total fleet 114 Permits 60 Gap 54 Estimated loss to exchequer per day Rs 17,000 ………… Senior Congress leader Avtar Henry Kartar Bus Service Jalandhar and Kartar Tourist Bus Service Total fleet 74 Number of permits 35 Gap 39 Estimated loss to exchequer per day Rs 12,000 …….. Others Libra Bus Service Total fleet 68 Number of permits 28 Gap 40 Estimated loss to exchequer per day Rs 12,000 ………….. New Fatehgarh Total fleet 38 Number of permits 19 Gap 19 Estimated loss to exchequer per day Rs 6,000 …………… New Piyar Bus Service, Amritsar Total fleet 32 Number of permits 11 Gap 21 Estimated loss to exchequer per day Rs 6,400 …………………………. New Sutlej Transport Company, Jalandhar Total fleet 58 Number of permits 13 Gap 45 Estimated loss to exchequer per day Rs 13,635 ………………………. Raj Transport, Amritsar Total fleet 59 Number of permits 26 Gap 33 Estimated loss to exchequer per day Rs 10,000 …………………… Ambala Bus Syndicate, Ropar Total fleet 77 Number of permits 29 Gap 48 Estimated loss to exchequer per day Rs 14,500 ………………………… A2Z Transport, Sangrur Total fleet 20 Number of permits 10 Gap 10 Estimated loss to exchequer per day Rs 3,000 . . .

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Thanks Isingh So , the UK parliament has : 10 members of Indian descent, 10 members of Pakistani descent, 3 members of Bangladeshi descent, 1 member of Siri Lankan descent. And The siropa giving “Uncles” have ‘Big 0’ Mubarkbad to "Uncles," "Bhangra Lovers", and the "Nagar Kirtan Wale". Great showing. (For how long would they spend the resources and the energy of the community just in showing off without any results !!)

According to wikipedia.org some 158 candidates of South Asian descent are contesting U.K election “There are 158 British Asians (i.e., Britons of South Asian descent) standing for election: 111 men and 47 women.[17] The Conservatives are standing 36 British Asian candidates, Labour 34, the Liberal Democrats 32, UKIP 21, the Greens eight, …. “ Another Indian website reports that 10 MPs of Indian descent have been elected. So there must also be several South Asian Muslims (Pakistani and Bangladeshi) elected. Any idea, how many? As far as Sikh are concerned, at local level the politics “the uncles” are in control who don‘t seem to be interestd in Skh community but they are in their for their own interest. Nor do they have much loyalty to Sikhi, but much more to some other “great /good people” who may or may not do any thing for the Sikh, but easy to have pictures with.

Source: http://sikhsiyasat.net/2015/05/08/non-sikh-organizations-are-attempting-to-rewrite-sikh-history-in-california-doe-books-says-the-sikh-coalition/ Non-Sikh organizations are attempting to rewrite Sikh history in California DoE (Department of Education) books: says Sikh Coalition

Sardar Kapur Singh Ji Predicted & Warned Of The 1984 Sikh Genocide In 1978 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Ds0wddoho#t=27 ...

It must be a few years old video. The baba sitting in’ tabia’ of Sri Guru Granth Sahib doing the “chour” seva is Baba Ramanand ( ?) from Ravidas Dera Ballan.. He is the one who was killed in ‘Vienna Kand’ a few years ago. . .

Source: https://www.sikh24.com/2015/05/01/unesco-clarifies-that-enlisting-of-sri-harmandir-sahib-in-world-heritage-list-was-a-rumor/#.VUaOvPBeP1s UNESCO clarifies that enlisting of Sri Harmandir Sahib in World Heritage List was a rumor By SIKH24 EDITORS / In PUNJAB WORLD / May 1, 2015 LONDON, UK (May 1, 2015)—Director of World Heritage Centre of UNESCO has clarified in written to Sikh Council UK that they haven’t received any application regarding enlisting of Sri Harmandir Sahib and also no discussion over this matter is going on in UNESCO. It is notable that rumors of enlisting Sri Harmandir Sahib in World Heritage list of UNESCO were wandering across Sikh circles from many days. Reference No. 1858 in the list of Ministry of Environment and Forest reveals that Sri Harmandir Sahib was included in the first heritage list released on January 5, 2004. The Sikhs residing abroad took strict notice of this, but SGPC, DSGMC or Shiromani Akali Dal didn’t considered it important to raise issue with UNESCO for the removal of Sri Harmandir Sahib. According to UNESCO, only the Indian Government possesses the right in enlist or delist any place in heritage list. On the other hand General Secretary of Sikh Council UK, S. Gurmail Singh Kandola has expressed deep concern over the rumors wandering in Sikh circles. He said that Sikhs should remain aware of these rumors. . . . .

Copy of ‘Sandesh’ issued from Siri Akaal Takht Sahib in 2001 . . .

The picture shown seemed to have been taken in some Gurdwara, or while sitting in front of Guru Granth Sahib in some private hall. So, did the marriage take place by Anand Kaarj ceremony after all? .

For Punjab's first family, allegations of links to bus from which teen was pushed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8PfCOE_uzk#t=297 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8PfCOE_uzk#t=297 . .

Molested teen was thrown out of Orbit bus (Badal’s Company ) in Moga. The girl died. According to media reports, Badal said “ Incident could have happened in any Bus” (The incident is reported to have taken place on April 29, 2015) Read the news article @ : http://sikhsiyasat.net/2015/04/30/molested-teen-was-thrown-out-of-orbit-bus-in-moga-media-reports/ . . .

'Sikh Genocide Seminar' at Milpitas (CA) Video posted on You-tube by TV84

Pictures of Conference Urges International Intervention to protect minority communities and struggling nations in Indian subcontinent Click at the following link http://sikhsiyasat.net/2015/04/28/pictorial-conference-urges-international-intervention-to-protect-sikhs-muslims-and-christians-in-india/ . . .