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Washington: A New York-based Sikh rights group, which had earlier campaigned against Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh, has launched an online petition campaign urging President Barack Obama to cancel invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat. "Instead of hosting Modi at White House, President Obama should condemn Modi and ban BJP for perpetrating violence against Muslims, Sikhs and Christians," said the White House online petition which was launched by the Sikh for Justice. Obama has invited Modi to visit the US and for a meeting with him at the White House on September 30. "In June 1984, BJP instigated military attack on the Golden Temple resulting in the massacre of thousands of Sikh pilgrims. In 2008, BJP orchestrated violence against Christians in Orissa," the petition alleges. The petition, requires at least 100,000 signatures by August 20 to gain any attention of the White House, on the first day had got less than two dozen petitions. The SFJ had campaigned against Gandhi and Singh in connection with the anti-Sikh riots of 1984 following the assassination of the then prime minister Indira Gandhi. PTI First Published: Tuesday, July 22, 2014, 19:33 http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/sikh-group-launches-white-house-online-petition-against-modi_949363.html

NEW DELHI: At a time when the special cell and the intelligence bureau (IB) are probing the Punjab connection of Gurvinder Singh, arrested in Tuesday's accident which killed Union minister Gopinath Munde, security agencies have alerted police agencies of Delhi and other states and the protection groups (SPG and NSG) about the threat assessment of top BJP and RSS leaders who stand at risk from Punjab-based Sikh militant groups. As per a communique, agencies have received fresh inputs about Jagtar Singh Tara of Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) and Lakhvir Singh Rode of International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF) coming together to smuggle in explosives from across the border and provide logistics to target BJP leaders, sources said. The agencies had received inputs about the two organizations planning to target Modi rallies before the elections as well. Moreover, the agencies have received fresh information about two groups of 10-15 militants belonging to the Khalistan Commando Force planning attacks on PM Modi and other top leaders of the Sangh and BJP. "A meeting to target Modi was held recently in Islamabad which was attended by Dr. Khalid Rashid and Md. Ghalib from UK, Azmat Khan from JKLF and Wadhwa Singh of BKI," reads the communique. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/BJP-Sangh-leaders-face-terror-threat/articleshow/36081930.cms

Modi booked on EC orders for poll code violation, faces up to 2 years in jail AHMEDABAD/NEW DELHI: An FIR was lodged against Narendra Modi for violation of the model code of conduct after he displayed a lotus, the BJP's election symbol, before TV cameras and addressed a press conference on the premises of the school where he cast his vote on Wednesday. He also snapped a selfie which was flashed on TV. Along with Modi, TV channels too that telecast Modi's presser earned the EC's wrath, which directed the chief secretary and DGP to file separate FIRs against all TV channels for falling foul with the Representation of People's Act that bans telecast of election issues while polling is on. Later, at a rally in Tirupati, Modi said it was the first FIR of his life and he would never forget the day. He lashed out at Congress, saying it was worried that "a person who (once) eked out his living by selling tea" was challenging it. "One can understand if someone points a knife, a pistol or a gun. But do you know why FIR was registered against me? Because I showed a lotus to the people," he said. The FIR was lodged by the Ahmedabad crime branch after the EC wrote to the Gujarat chief secretary and director general of police after watching TV footage. "The tone and tenor of the address made by Modi, and the manner in which he displayed the lotus symbol, was intended and calculated to influence and affect the result of elections," the EC said. The violations by Modi, if proved, entail a fine and/or imprisonment of up to two years. The BJP, while saying it respects the EC's order and will abide by its ruling, defended Modi by pointing out that he wasn't at fault as he was away from the prohibited zone of the polling booth. "He has not violated the election code as it was not an organised press conference," BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi said, adding, "EC is a constitutional body and we respect it." Asked for his reaction, BJP leader Arun Jaitley said, "If the EC has sought FIR against TV channels for asking questions then the legality of the issue is in question." Congress congratulated the EC for the action against Modi with Union law minister Kapil Sibal saying, "By showing the party symbol and urging people to vote for lotus, Modi has proved that he has nothing to do with ethics and laws. He is an opportunist and he can do whatever he wishes to." The party also asked the EC to cancel Modi's candidature from both Vadodara and Varanasi. AAP joined issue with a statement, "The EC's direction to register an FIR against Modi is only an indication of habitual offences being committed by him and the BJP." Modi came out of the polling booth at Nishan school at Ranip, which falls in L K Advani's constituency, waving his inked finger at the cheering crowds. He then took a selfie with his cellphone, displaying the 'lotus' symbol, and took questions from TV reporters flashing the lotus in his hand. When Advani was asked by journalists after he had voted to comment, he declined saying he would not violate the law. Gujarat DGP PC Thakur said, "The Ahmedabad police has submitted an action-taken report to the EC after registering FIR." According to EC sources, an impromptu byte by Modi to TV crew would have been okay; however, holding a "well organized" 20-minute-long press meet outside the polling station, aired live on most TV channels, amounted to a deliberate attempt to influence the mind of voters while polling was underway, sources said. The EC's prompt action was in sharp contrast to its failure to file an FIR under similar circumstances during the BJP's manifesto release on April 7. Although CEC V S Sampath had made it clear beforehand that the telecast of BJP's manifesto release while polling was underway for six Lok Sabha seats would make electronic media liable for action under Section 126(1)(b) of the RP Act, no action was taken when most TV channels covered the event live. Sources said there was some reluctance on EC's part to initiate action against TV channels as the polling on April 7 was limited to just six seats and there would be no wide impact on the mind of the voters. Later, senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said, "Media being free has the right to seek answers from the leader who, in all probability, is going to become the prime minister. Action against the media raises larger question of constitutionality. But, I pity the Congress, seeing the severe reversal, it has reduced itself to a chronic complainant." Watch the m0r0n whine here: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Modi-booked-on-EC-orders-for-poll-code-violation-faces-up-to-2-years-in-jail/articleshow/34440976.cms

Former DGP of Punjab KPS Gill, who had served as security advisor to the Gujarat chief minister in 2002, has said that Narendra Modi cannot be blamed for post-Godhra riots as it is the job of the police leadership to respond to law and order situations. "In law and order situations, it is the police leadership which has to respond and not the political leadership," Gill said when asked by reporters about his assessment of Modi's handling of post-Godhra events. He was speaking at the launch of his biography- 'KPS Gill: The Paramount Cop' last night, which was attended by eminent personalities like Punjab Kesari Group editor-in-chief Vijay Kumar Chopra, Indian Express editor-in-chief Shekhar Gupta, former CBI director PC Sharma and others. In the book, Gill has lavished praise on Modi saying he had "sincere" intentions to end the violence and accused other parties of trying to defame him. "I realised that people of all political parties who were anti-Modi and anti-BJP were taking advantage of this mayhem and making all efforts to defame Modi one way or the other," he says. He charged the policemen and the administration had become communal after the incident in Godhra and Modi, who had just become the chief minister, did not have proper grip over the state machinery. Speaking to reporters, he said that after taking charge as the security advisor of the state, he had visited all places where violence had taken place and policemen from top to bottom refuted having received any direction of the type being mentioned. He also said a majority of the deaths in the riots had taken place in 5-6 incidents. Addressing the audience, Gill said some of his family members did not like his comments. He told reporters that while his family members had been reading newspapers, he had experienced the developments. Gill had been appointed in May, 2002, as the security advisor to Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi to bolster efforts to effectively check communal violence in the state. Vijay Kumar Chopra, editor-in-chief of Punjab Kesari, lauded Gill's stint as DGP of Punjab and said he had "infused a new life in a lifeless police force". Comparing Gill with legendary Sikh general Hari Singh Nalwa, Chopra said he has been a big factor in restoring normalcy in the state wracked by militancy in 1980s. Shekhar Gupta said he had the fortune to be a fellow traveller who witnessed Gill as a police officer in Assam where his reading of ground reality was far more realistic than those around him. He added that in his interactions with Gill during his reporting years, he realised that even in Punjab he could diagnose and predict situations with great clarity. PC Sharma said Gill thoroughly backed officers who had worked under him. The biographer Rahul Chandan said he had grown up in Punjab and heard stories about Gill and felt he had engaged in a worthwhile pursuit. http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/modi-can-t-be-blamed-for-post-godhra-riots-kps-gill/article1-1146122.aspx

Modi tells Sikhs to leave their property and Land and go back to the Punjab as they are not Gujarati. This is the man that could be next PM and a party that the Badal Dal are supporting. It show that the Congress and the BJp are the same with their hate for Sikhs. Meanwhile the Badals are to terrified to raise the plight of the Sikhs in Guarat forcefully , similarly to their silence on Police killings. A report by the National Commission for Minorities (NCM), India's minority rights watchdog, has said the Narendra Modi-led Gujarat government had "prima facie" discriminated against the state's 500-member Sikh community in Kutch by ordering them to sell their land and return to Punjab because they were not Gujaratis, citing the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948. The commission has strongly disapproved of the Gujarat government's interpretation that only Gujarati farmers could own or buy land in the state under the Act, a move which could dispossess 500 farmers, while their land accounts have already been frozen. In his report, commission member Ajaib Singh, after a field visit on June 24-28, 2013, said, "There appears to be discrimination against Sikh agriculturalists by the Gujarat government". The report quoted Ajaib Singh's statement that "Modi, who has the habit of suppressing and terrorising the minorities of Gujarat, was in this case targeting and victimising the Sikh farmers of Kutch". The minority commission said the order of the state government, asking farmers to sell their land and return to Punjab, was struck down unanimously in the Gujarat high court unanimously, but the state government had now challenged this verdict in the Supreme Court. The commission itself could not do much since the issue was under judicial consideration, the report said. In a recommendatory letter to Modi, the commission has asked the Gujarat government to accept the verdict of the high court. He also requested him to administer a national minority scholarship programme and urgently set up a state minorities commission. Ajaib Singh has also written to Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal to intervene in the matter. "This is indeed very discriminatory," said the NCM member. He said Sikhs told him during his field visit that the community had migrated to Kutch after being invited by former prime minister late Lal Bahadur Shastri, who felt these swathes of white marshy land should be inhabited as a buffer against invasion from the sea. [Courtesy: Hindustan Times.] July 31, 2013