To: The Editor,
The Tribune Group,
Chandigarh.
Dated 03rd April 2024.
Sir,
Fateh,
Please refer to your news item- “SC’s ‘last chance’ for Ramdev, Balakrishna ” printed in your newspaper of 03rd April 2024.
Our party would like to remind you that we had written to you times out of number not to put this controversial crude God-mans advertisements on the first page of your newspaper, which is read by a learned and well-informed society.
But you kept ignoring our pleas because you think we are a sort of Hill-Billies.
We hope for the good of this newspaper you will not denigrate the Sikhs by mischievously referring to them as “designated terrorists” or just terrorists or Gangsters.
The Sikhs are a respectful people who live with pride and are the only sovereign state from 1799-1849 who have conquered Afghanistan and as a prize got the whole province of Afghanistan, Kashmir integrated into the Lahore Darbar in 1819.
In 1947 when the Hindu state got its independence, it split Kashmir into Pakistan, Communist China an kept some of it. In 1963 the Shaksgam Valley was given away to Communist China.
We condemn the policy of the present BJP-RSS Union Government of Premier Modi for making a policy of assassinating Sikhs in Canada, UK, Islamic Pakistan, within India in Haryana Deep Singh Sidhu and Punjab Subdheep Singh Sidhu Moosewala.
This policy will have consequences as External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar after Premier Justin Trudeau revealed in his Ottawa Parliament that Hindu Indian agents have been assassinating Canadian Sikh citizens, Mr. Jaishankar immediately took refuge by giving himself Z+ security cover and protection. This is pure cowardice.
Those involved in this International conspiracy to assassinate Sikhs should also take security cover, the best would be from the Army’s Special Forces.
We wish everyone a long life. Overcome evil with good is our party’s motto.
With regards,
Simranjit Singh Mann,
Member of Parliament,
President,
Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar