JALANDHAR: Three days after a US federal court reserved its order in the case filed against Union minister Kamal Nath for his alleged role in leading a mob during the anti-Sikh riots in November 1984 in Delhi, hundreds of Sikhs protested in front of UN Headquarters in New York during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s address to the General Assembly demanding sacking of Nath from his cabinet.
Men, women and young activists, carrying placards seeking justice for the thousands of victims of 1984 riots, demanded that Kamal Nath be sacked immediately for his role in the attack on Sikhs in November 1984.
Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), which is spearheading the legal battle against Nath in the US, announced that a protest rally would be held on November 2 in Cannes, France where PM Singh would be attending G-20 summit to remind the world that PM Singh’s regime was shielding human rights violators.
SFJ attorney Gurpatwant Singh Pannun said that while PM Singh was supporting Palestinians’ right to “self determination” inside the UN hall, in India, the victims of worst massacre in independent India were being denied justice for the last 27 years.
“Sikhs are protesting in front of the UN to remind the world that India is duty-bound under UN Convention on Genocide to prosecute the killers of November 1984 Sikh genocide. PM Singh’s government has failed to prosecute the perpetrators and instead is rewarding the killers of Sikhs with cabinet positions,” said Pannun.
The protest rally was organized by SFJ, a human rights advocacy group, with support from management committees of Tri-State Area gurudwaras.
The Sikh organizations have pledged to raise the issue of denial of justice to victims of 1984 Sikh genocide at international level.
News Source: Times of India
