Manmohan takes oath as India's PM

[moorakh mugadh]

vwihgurU jI kw Kwlsw!

vwihgurU jI kI &iqh!!

manmohan singh jee :wub: :lol: :umm:

[ms514]

Sat Sri Akal:

Let the analyzing begin...keep an eye on the man, but pass no judgement.

[Guest rsingh]

did u hear what Simranjeet singh said:

he goes :

the gandhi's hae always done everything to please hindus. in 84 attacked sikhs, then the mosque in gujrat and now she gave up PM post. Dr manmohan singh is a good man unlike Atal vajpahi who is a shatan.

I am also very sceptical, not at singh but the game wwhich is being played. there has been an increase alaround the world and slowly in panjab to take up sikhi, and the true path. they see it as a threat and this way u can take away the need for raj. )in ur dreams). any way all the groups in panjab are goin over the top. give gandhi an award, wat for, oh she didnt become PM because people where gona kill her. how does that work.

[singh334]

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa

Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

This is a golden chance to educate the world about who Sikh really are. I think each sikh should mention Dr. Manmohan Singh whenever talking about India to Weterners.

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I congratulate Dr. Manmmohan Singh for becoming the first Sikh Prime Minister of India. He is a well educated person and will bring many improvements in India.

Gurfateh

[Guest SikhForLife]

via email on sikh-sewa egroup

I have mixed feelings about Manmohan Singh being Prime Minister of

India.

On the one hand, it is the first time that a Sikh has become the head

of state of any country.  This will raise the profile of the Sikh

community generally.  It will also send a positive message to Sikh children:

you can achieve your highest aspirations without giving up your faith

and your external identity.

As adults, however, we know the reality is a bit more complex.  Dr.

Singh would not be where he is today if he had chosen to speak out against

the injustices the Congress Party perpetrated against the Sikh

community in 1984. Even to this day, there are individuals within the Congress

Party who were involved in these atrocities and have not been brought

to justice.  However, far from addressing these injustices, Dr. Singh is

reported to have stated that the Congress Party was not involved in the

anti-Sikh riots of 1984. 

During the mid-1990’s, Dr. Singh, an economist by profession, was

routinely used by the Indian government as its representative at

international forums on human rights.  In this position, he consistently defended

India's indefensible human rights record. 

Today, Dr. Singh states that it is time to seek harmony among religions

in India. No one can oppose such an idea, but this statement

obfuscates the view that those who committed abuses in the past s

hould be

brought to justice.  It is as if the President of the United States stated

that he supports harmony among religions, but does nothing to prosecute

those involved in the 9/11 attacks.  I doubt the victims of 9/11 would

tolerate such a circumstance.  Why should Sikhs?

There is an Ethiopian proverb that warns, "Those who forget their past

have no future."  If the Sikh community chooses to forget the

atrocities of 1984, as Dr. Singh and other have, then if they occur again we

really have no one to blame but ourselves.

It is no secret that Dr. Singh sold his soul to the devil a long time

ago.  Today, he continues to reap the rewards.  His rise to power has

taught me a lesson: if you are a Sikh in India, you do not have to give

up your turban to become Prime Minister, but you do have to give up your

conscience.  To me, this is not a worthy compromise.

Ravi Singh

excellent view by ravi .. some of u might know him. hes a lawyer for SMART and Sikh Coalition!

[Guest SikhForLife]

Though on the surface the ascension of a Sikh to the post of Prime

Minister may seem a great indicator of India’s secularity, I think those

Sikhs who are educated, must realize the price of such heights is silence

in the face of well-documented and systemic murder, rape and torture of

your own community.

If Manmohan Singh is a true democrat, he should begin his prospective

term by:

1) Apologizing for telling to world that "there are no human right

violations in Punjab" as leader of the Indian delegation during the United

Nations World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna in 1993;

2) Expelling and prosecuting Sajjan Kumar and Jagdish Tytler, both now

Members of Parliament, from his party for leading anti-Sikh pogroms in

1984.  Please review this news article from last year:

http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.p...hp?newsid=60300

It quotes a widow of the pogroms as saying:

"Jagdish Tytler, Sajjan Kumar and H.K.L. Bhagat are all free men today.

They celebrate festivals.

My entire family was burnt alive in front of me. Why would I celebrate

festivals?”;

3) Prosecute the hundreds if not thousands of Congress party workers

who murdered Sikhs during the 84' pogroms;

4) Express regret for the reign of Beant Singh, former Congress Chief

Minister of Punjab, under whose wa

tch disappearances, cash bounties, and

rape as a political tool became common place and according to Human

Rights Watch, all approved by the Congress government.  According to the

1995 Human Rights Watch report, “Dead Silence: The Legacy of Abuses in

Punjab”:

“Those who are aware of the abuses and who condoned them among civilian

government officials included officials at the highest levels of the

state and central government administration.”

5) Prosecute the thousands of police officers who disappeared thousands

of Sikhs according the both Amnesty International and Human Rights

Watch during Beant Singh.s reign in Punjab.  In “Dead Silence,” Human

Rights Watch reports:

           

“One police officer told HRW that he estimated that over a five-year

period, 500 people were killed by police from his police station alone. 

So called ‘encounter killings’ became so much a part of Punjab’s

political landscape that few police officials denied the practice existed and

many tactily admitted that it was condoned.”

Rather than numbers, if you want a parent’s perspective on how these

Congress government lead abuses affected their families, please take 2

minutes to view the following:

1)     

http://www.punjabjustice.org/interviews/cl...ngh-suicide.WMV

(This is the story of Ajaib Singh, a desperate father who committed

suicide after his family could not get justice for the disappearance of his

son during the Congress government’s reign) 

2)     

http://www.punjabjustice.org/interviews/cl...ompensation.WMV

(This is the story of Gurcharan Singh who won.t accep

t government money

to drop his case against the Indian government for disappearing his

son, wanting instead a simple acknowledgement that the government was

responsible for his son's disappearance, which they refused to acknowledge

of they were going to make a cash payment)

6) Apologize for the army assault on Darbar Sahib in 1984 and express

regret for the needless destruction of handwritten hukamnamas and

manuscripts from the Gurus in the Sikh Reference Library at Darbar Sahib.  Of

note, there were no militants anywhere near the Reference Library.  Its

destruction by the Congress lead army was simply cruel

Power comes with a price.  In India, power for a Sikh, whether you’re

Manmohan Singh, Amrinder Singh or Prakash Singh Badal comes at the price

of staying silent while substantial portions of your community is

literally wiped out.  I’d hope we’d expect more for ourselves.

Gur Fateh!

via Email (sikh-sewa) .. author Amar Singh.. Lawyer for sikh coalition

[Akaali]

Some of his credentials:

MANMOHAN SINGH, DR.

New PM of India

Leader of the Opposition

Address :

9, Safdar Jung Lane,

New Delhi.

M.A., D.Phil. (Oxford), D.Litt.(Honoris Causa); I.N.C.(Assam); s. of

Shri Gurmukh Singh; b. at Gah, West Punjab, September 26, 1932; ed.

at Universities of Panjab, Cambridge and Oxford; m. Shrimati

Gursharan Kaur, September 14, 1958; 3 d.

Professor and Civil Servant; Senior Lecturer, Economics, 1957-59,

Reader, Economics, 1959-63 and Professor, Economics, 1963-65, Punjab

University, Chandigarh; Professor of International Trade, Delhi

School of Economics, University of Delhi, 1969-71; Honorary

Professor, (i) Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 1976 and (ii)

Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, 1996; National

Fellow, National Institute of Education, N.C.E.R.T.,1986; Honorary

Fellow, (i) St. John's College, Cambridge U.K., 1982, (ii) Indian

Institute of Bankers, 1982 (iii) All India Management Association,

1993 and (iv) Nuffield College, University of Oxford, Oxford,1994;

elected Wrenbury Scholar, University of Cambridge, 1957; Economic

Affairs Officer, 1966 and Chief, Financing for Trade Section, UNCTAD,

United Nations Secretariat, New York, 1966-69; President, Indian

Economic Association, 1985; Chairman, (i) UGC, March 15, 1991 to June

20, 1991, (ii) India Committee of the Indo-Japan Joint Study

Committee, 1980-83 and (iii) Committee on Commerce, August 1,

1996-December 4, 1997; Deputy Chairman, Planni

ng Commission, January

15, 1985 to July 31, 1987; Governor, Reserve Bank of India, September

16, 1982 to January 14, 1985; Director, (i) Reserve Bank of India,

1976-80 and (ii) Industrial Development Bank of India, 1976-80;

Economic Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Trade, India, 1971-72; Chief

Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance, India, 1972-76; Advisor to

Prime Minister of India on Economic Affairs, December 10, 1990 to

March 14, 1991; Secretary-General and Commissioner, South Commission

August 1, 1987 to November 10, 1990; Secretary, Ministry of Finance

(Department of Economic Affairs), Government of India, November, 1976

to April, 1980; Member-Secretary, Planning Commission, April, 1980 to

September 15, 1982; was Member, (i) Finance, Atomic Energy

Commission, Government of India, (ii) Finance, Space Commission,

Government of India,(iii) Economic Advisory Council to the Prime

Minister, 1983-84; Member,(i) Committee on Finance,(ii) Committee on

Rules, (iii) Committee of Privileges and (iv) Consultative Committee

for the Ministry of Finance; Leader, Indian Delegation to (i)

Indo-Soviet Monitoring Group Meeting, 1982, (ii) Indo-Soviet Joint

Planning Group Meeting, 1980-82 (iii) Aid-India Consortium Meetings,

1977-79, (iv) Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Cyprus, 1993

and (v) Human Rights World Conference, Vienna, 1993; attended as

member of Indian Delegations (a) South-South Consultations, New

Delhi, 1982, (B) Cancun Summit on North-South Issues, 1981, ©

Aid-India Consortium Meetings, Paris, 1973-79, (d) Annual Meetings of

IMF, IBRD and Commonwealth Finance Ministers, 1972-79 (e) Third

Session of UNCTAD, Sant

iago, April-May, 1972, (f) Meeting of UNCTAD

Trade and Development Board, Geneva, May 1971-July 1972 and (g)

Ministerial Meeting of Group of 77, Lima, October, 1971; Deputy for

India in IMF Committee of Twenty on International Monetary Reform,

1972-74; Associate, Meetings of IMF Interim Committee and Joint

Fund-Bank Development Committee, 1976-80 and 1982-85; Alternate

Governor for India, (i) Board of Governors,IBRD, 1976-80, (ii) Board

of Governors IMF, 1982-85 and (iii) Board of Governors Asian

Development Bank, Manila, 1976-80; Governor for India on the Board of

Governors of the IMF and the International Bank for Reconstruction

and Development, 1991-95; participated in Commonwealth Prime

Ministers' Meeting, Kingston, 1975; represented Secretary-General

UNCTAD at several Inter-Governmental meetings, including Second

Session of UNCTAD, 1968 and Committee on Invisibles and Financing

related to Trade Consultant to UNCTAD, ESCAP and Commonwealth

Secretariat; Union Finance Minister, June 21, 1991 to May 15, 1996;

Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha; elected to the Rajya Sabha in

October, 1991 and re-elected in June 1995.

Clubs : Gymkhana Club, New Delhi; Life Member, (i) India

International Centre and (ii) Indian Economic Association.

Accomplishment in arts and science : Recipient of honorary degrees of

D.Litt. from Panjab University, Chandigarh, Guru Nanak University,

Amritsar, Delhi University, Delhi, Sri Venkateshwara University,

Tirupathi, Panjabi University, Patiala, University of Mysore, Mysore,

University of Bolonga, Italy, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra,

Osmania University, Hyderabad, Nagarjuna University, Nagarjunanagar

and Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Agra; recepient of honorary

degree of (i) Doctor of Laws from University

of Alberta, Edmonton,

Canada, (ii) Doctor of Social Sciences from University of Roorkee,

Roorkee and (iii) D.Sc from Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana

Agricultural University, Hissar and (iv) Thapar Institute of

Engineering and Technology, Patiala; Conferred,(i) University Medal

for standing first in B.A.(Hons), Economics, Panjab University,

Chandigarh, 1952, (ii) Uttar Chand Kapur Medal, Panjab University,

Chandigarh, for standing first in M.A.(Economics) 1954, (iii)

Wright's Prize for distinguished performance at St. John's College,

Cambridge, 1956 and 1957, (iv) Adam Smith Prize, University of

Cambridge, U.K., 1956, (v) Padma Vibhushan, 1987, (vi) Euromoney

Award, Finance Minister of the year, 1993 (vii) Asiamoney Award,

Finance Minister of the year for Asia, 1993 and 1994, (viii)

Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Award of the Indian Science Congress

Association, 1994-95, (ix) Justice K.S. Hegde Foundation Award, 1996

,(x) Nikkei Asia Prize for Regional Growth by the Nihon Keizai

Shimbun, Inc. (NIKKEI), publisher of Japan's leading business

daily,1997 and (xi) Lokmanya Tilak Award by the Tilak Smarak Trust,

Pune, 1997.

Travels abroad : Travelled extensively in Europe including Eastern

Europe, North America, Latin America, Africa and Asia.

Publications : Author of a book entitled "India's Export Trends and

Prospects for Self-Sustained Growth" Clarendon Press, Oxford

University, 1964, and has also published a large number of articles

in various economic Journals.

Special interest : Social and economic change and international

relations.

Favourite pastime and recreation : Reading and writing.

Permanent address : 9, Safdar Jung Lane, New Delhi.

[Pheena]

is he an Amritdhari?

[Deep Singh]

I doubt that Pheena...ah! i am preety sure he isn't.

[JSingh]

I talked to somebody and he said, Manmohan Singh is not Amritdhari. His two daughters are married to Hindus. He NEVER spoke against the injustices during '84. I saw a picture of his house in Chardi Kala punjabi newspaper, where they said it is the picture of his house and shows a picture of 'OM' hanging on his wall. To me he is a Kesadhari Hindu. He NEVER did anything for Sikhs and he NEVER will. But lets see, the future will tell the rest. He might do alot for India, but will not bring people like Sajjan Kurmar to justice who are his fellow congressmen.