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ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ ਜੀ ਕਾ ਖਾਲਸਾ, ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ ਜੀ ਕੀ ਫਤਿਹ

MP Tom Watson, Member of Parliament (MP) for West Bromwich East since 2001. Tweeted a short while ago...

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@DiscoverSikhism They [Conservative Cabinet] even tried to ban a sporting event in my constituency. Remarkable.
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The documents also state that the Thatcher Govt also put pressure on the BBC not to broadcast anything that put forward the sufferings of the Sikhs. No wonder Mark Tully the BBC's India correspondent was so pro India. Something that the political parties should investigate now.

I think this point is key. I think this is still happening today. For example, the large numbers of demonstrators last year on the 30 anniversary didn't attract the media attention as it should have done.

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ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ ਜੀ ਕਾ ਖਾਲਸਾ, ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ ਜੀ ਕੀ ਫਤਿਹ

Please can someone contact Sikh media organizations to let them know how cabinet papers show Mrs Thatcher tried to ban the Sikh Games in West Bromwich in 1985.

StarStriker - Yes, we understand a UK Nagar Kirtan in November 1984 was banned/ cancelled, is there any further information or documents?

And yes, as we all know and observe, an anti-Sikh agenda continues today.

Also, we have further information to reveal...

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Further documents have been withheld by the Govt as being to sensitive relating to Sikhs and 1984. Are Sikh organisations responding to this news?

http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/chandigarh/thatcher-archives-uk-withholds-punjab-papers/article1-1301897.aspx

Thatcher archives: UK withholds Punjab papers

Prasun Sonwalkar London, December 31, 2014

First Published: 11:33 IST(31/12/2014) | Last Updated: 11:36 IST(31/12/2014)

After the storm generated by the release of Operation Bluestar-related papers in January, the David Cameron government has withheld the release of Punjab-related documents for 1985 and 1986 from a large cache of official documents declassified on Tuesday.

The cache released by National Archives under the 30-year rule are from the prime ministership of Margaret Thatcher, and include those related to chemical weapons, Soviet Union and the Westland affair marked by her public tiff with former defence secretary Michael Heseltine.

However, four files related to India have been withheld: three from the prime minister’s office (PMO) listed as ‘temporarily retained’, and one from the cabinet office described as ‘retained under section 3(4) of the Public Records Act,1958’.

The three PMO files withheld are: ‘Visit to UK by LK Jha, member of the Brandt Commission and adviser to Indira Gandhi: meetings with Prime Minister’ (04/07/1983-21/03/1985); ‘UK/Indian relations: situation in Punjab, activities of Sikh extremists; proposed visit to UK by Rajiv Gandhi in June 1985; part 4’ (05/03/1984-22/05/1985); and ‘Assassination of Indira Gandhi, October 1984: Prime Minister’s visit to India to attend funeral’ (31/10/1984-12/12/1984).

The cabinet office file withheld is listed as ‘India: Political’ (04/05/1979-08/08/1985).

What it means

A cabinet office spokesperson told HT: “When files are ‘temporarily retained’, it means the files are required for administrative purposes as the record review process is not yet complete. We are working towards transferring the remaining 1986 records in early 2015.”

The January cache had included papers that suggested that the Indira Gandhi government had sought, and the Thatcher government had extended, British advice on removing Sikh extremists from the Golden Temple in 1984, creating a storm and demands for an official apology. The Cameron government set up an inquiry by the cabinet secretary following the January revelations.

Announcing conclusions from the inquiry report, former foreign secretary William Hague resisted calls in February in the House of Commons for an apology by stating that Britain’s advice was given at an early stage (in February 1984; Operation Bluestar was carried out in June 1984), that it had a limited impact and that it was anyway not followed by the Indian army that eventually planned and carried out the operation.

Files withheld

Visit to UK by LK Jha, member of the Brandt Commission and adviser to Indira Gandhi: meetings with Prime Minister.

UK/Indian relations: situation in Punjab, activities of Sikh extremists; proposed visit to UK by Rajiv Gandhi in June 1985; part 4.

Assassination of Indira Gandhi, October 1984: Prime Minister’s visit to India to attend funeral.

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ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ ਜੀ ਕਾ ਖਾਲਸਾ, ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ ਜੀ ਕੀ ਫਤਿਹ

Latest UK Cabinet papers reveal how Margaret Thatcher sucked up to a genocide enabler.

http://8t4files.wordpress.com/2014/12/31/latest-uk-cabinet-papers-reveal-how-margaret-thatcher-sucked-up-to-a-genocide-enabler/

The 24 hours following the assassination saw little violence or death. The pogrom took a night and morning to orchestrate and it was cousin Arun Nehru MP who came to the rescue as maestro and supreme-conductor of the carnage to come, when the killing was to begin, in what manner innocent Sikhs would be killed and what the police’s role would be.
Rajiv role was to ensure his cousin’s project had enough time to bear fruit by keeping the army confined in their barracks for a whole three days and when they were eventually dispatched, they were given no orders. 8,000 burnt Sikhs and gang-raped women later, he justified the violence in his infamous ‘When a mighty tree falls, it’s only natural the earth around it does shake a little’ speech. Following the killings, he was quick to promote the perpetrators of the violence to high office for their efficiency, including the new Information Minister, HKL Bhagat, in whose constituency whole Sikh neighbourhoods disappeared overnight.
For me and others this is the crux of the Cabinet papers. The current Coalition may have sidestepped the issue by stating there was no UK involvement in the June 1984 Amritsar attack, but they will find it hard to avoid questions relating to post-November 1984, their appeasement to a genocide ‘enabler’, the absence of any condemnation of his actions and a lack of any compassion for the November victims.
The final act - 12 September 1985
The Cabinet meets to ensure everything is done in their power to ensure Rajiv Gandhi’s visit takes place without incident.
‘There are major British contracts in India. It is highly desirable that the visit is a success.’
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