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1984 Massacre: Sikhs protest against Indian Minister Kamal Nath in US
April 9, 2010 | By Sikh Siyasat Bureau
New York (April 9, 2010): Sikhs protested the presence of Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Kamal Nath, who had instigated a Hindu killer mobs in the November 1984 to massacre Sikhs.
The Sikhs For Justice, a US-based community advocacy group, held a Justice Rally, Thursday, outside McGraw-Hill’s headquarters in Manhattan where Nath was addressing the Global Construction Summit.
“We want to put him behind bars. Anyone guilty should be behind bars,” said Avtar Singh Pannu of Queens, the group’s coordinator. Sikhs For Justice legal adviser Gurpatwant S. Pannun said Kamal Nath “a violator of human rights who led the mobs that torched Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Sahib and in which many Sikhs were burnt alive,” shouldn’t be in the US.
Sikhs protest against Kamal Nath in United States
Indian Government has been so far appointed many commissions in 1984 massacre, to which they refer as “anti-Sikh riots” to “investigate” the massacre claimed to be sparked by the assassination of then Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi by his Sikh bodyguards, but culprits are roaming free and victims are waiting for justice.
“We want to create awareness within ourselves and the international community and embarrass Kamal Nath and the people who invited him here,” said Ranjit Singh, former president of Sikh Youth of America.
Sikhs for Justice filed a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court this week against Nath on behalf of the deceased and injured riot victims and their families. Jasbir Singh, 44, and Mohinder Singh, 27, of Hayward, California, also are plaintiffs.
Jasbir Singh, a truck driver, said he witnessed 26 of his family members burned alive and saw others cut to pieces on the streets in Delhi. He said killers would kill anyone with a beard and a turban.
“Three days, day and night, killings, houses burned, people burned,” said Jasbir Singh who came to the US in 2002. “Twenty-five years, I waited for justice.”
Mohinder Singh, also a truck driver, was two years old at the time of the massacre. He said he lost his father, two uncles and his grandfather’s brother. He said he was told that his father was killed in front of his mother. “He’s guilty. The Indian government hasn’t given us any justice,” Mohinder Singh said.
Kamal Nath told reporters that he was surprised, shocked and appalled because he had never been charged noting. He claimed that he had visited United States for many times. He claimed that it had never been an issue. “This is the first time.” he said.
Yadwinder Singh, president American Gurudwara Prabandhik Committee (AGPC) said the group had never protested a visit before because they wanted to exhaust all possible remedies in India. He said Nath should not be invited to speak in a country that stands for human rights.
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Related Topics: 1984 Sikh Genocide, ASGPC, Indian State, Injustice in India, Kamal Nath, November 1984, Sikhs for Justice
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