..:: Dal Khalsa ::..

January 26^th, 2012

On India’s Republic Day, Dal Khalsa upholds Sikh sovereignty
Sends memo to PM Dr Manmohan Singh describing 'India as a land of injustice' and an opportunistic state

Respected Prime Minister,

As Punjab goes to the polls on Jan 30, the political landscape of the state is devoid of issues and concerns. All parties in a fray are resorting to populism of the worst kind, mocking the population of the state. A proud Punjabi people, believing in “Kirat” –honestly doing one’s duty to earn a living, have been reduced to holding the begging bowl for freebies and largesse from a state whose fiscal policies are teetering on creating and fostering systems of inequitable distribution of wealth, loot of natural resources and more expenditure on defence than health and education.

January 25^th, 2012

Letter to US Ambassador on Jay Leno's remarks:
‘Freedom of speech’ is not a license to offend

There is a widespread protest from the Sikh community against US chat show host Jay Leno for his ‘disrespectful’ remarks on the holiest of Sikh shrines - the Golden Temple. The Dal Khalsa has shot off a letter to US Ambassador stationed at New Delhi seeking an apology from Jay Leno and urging the US administration not to defend him. During his show last week, Leno passed off a visual of the Golden Temple as Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's summer vacation home. Notably, this is not the first time that Jay Leno had made snide remarks against the Sikh community. He has offended the Sikhs thrice in a row.

December 10^th, 2011

On World Human Rights Day, Dal Khalsa sends memo to HRW
Cataloguing incidents of rights violations of past one year in Punjab
Describes cane-charging on protestors an art of public torture

Taking up the cases of denial of civil liberties of common citizens in addition to political dissenters, the organization has invited the US-based Human Rights Watch to probe “the continuing abuse of human rights in Punjab.”

Marking the 63rd World Human Rights Day, the group has, in a six-page missive addressed to the international watchdog’s office in New York, listed the instances of “custodial deaths, violations of rights of political dissenters and common citizens over the past one year (2011).”

November 30^th, 2011

Dal Khalsa writes to Parkash Singh Badal:
'Panth is not your cup of tea, so say no to Panth Rattan title'‏

Believing that Parkash SIngh Badal is neither dutiful nor faithful to the Panth, the Dal Khalsa has taken exception to the arbitrary decision of Akal Takht Jathedar Gaini Gurbachan Singh to bestow the title of ‘Panth Rattan’ on Badal at Akal Takht on Dec 5.

In a communique faxed to Chief Minister Badal, the organization has urged him to say no to the title as "he doesn't deserve it". .

November 03^rd, 2011

ANTI-SIKH CARNAGE
Justice Denied- UN should intervene
Sikh Youth of Punjab holds protest rally at Amritsar

Seeking UN intervention, Dal Khalsa chief H S Dhami said all attempts to get justice within the legal framework of the Indian system for the victims of Nov 1984 carnage have failed. He was speaking at a protest sit-in organized by his party’s youth wing the ‘Sikh Youth of Punjab’ to voice their anger against the mass killings of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and elsewhere in Nov 1984.

November 1^st, 2011

‘Minority communities should improve mutual ties for their safety’
The massacre of Sikhs in Nov 1984 is a blot on the ‘so-called’ secular face of India: Hurriyat leader Geelani‏

Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G), Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Tuesday said that the minorities needed to build a close rapport with one another to ensure their protection and start serious deliberations to consolidate their mutual relations..

September 22^nd, 2011

SGPC POLLS : Neither fair nor free
Split in Panthic votes goes to the advantage of SAD

Justice
H.S. Brar

From horse-trading to misusing the election machinery to allowing the casting of bogus votes, the SAD has won the SGPC elections with a thumping majority thanks to Gurdwara Election chief commissioner who was under obligation from the Badal government for favour he got in the form of appointment of his daughter as a top law officer in Punjab advocate general office.

August 26^th, 2011

Letter to the Chief Commissioner, Gurdwara Election Commission
Will the SGPC elections on 18th be free and fair? It seems, NOT!

The organization has written a letter to Gurdwara Election Commissioner Justice (retd) H S Brar and Home Minister of India for immediate action and probe regarding non-Sikhs and apostate Sikhs being enrolled for the forthcoming SGPC elections in clear violation of the Sikh Gurdwara Act, 1925.

September 29, 2011

Sardar Gajinder Singh has completed his 30 years in exile. He has been admired as a leader of the freedom movement, a founding father of the Dal Khalsa.

His life and mission is a vindication of what a determined person can achieve against extraordinary odds. Regardless of criticisms, he is one of the courageous and visionary leaders of the freedom struggle. He is a pioneering articulator of Khalistani resurgence and is unusually idealistic advocate of conscience in Sikh politics.

Gajinder Singh has a profound belief that the creation of independent Sikh State is necessary not only to safeguard Sikh interests and doctrine but also for the growth of the religion. To fulfill the vision of a free Khalistan, he has devoted his entire life for the cause.

He is an inspirational figure not just because he raised the banner of revolt against the injustice and discriminative policies of the state. More important, he delivered.

Excerpts of his interview in Punjabi with senior journalist H S Bawa is enclosed.