Friday, December 14, 2012

Dr. Aulakh Speaks at Chicago Conference on Sovereignty and Human Rights Conference Sponsored by Akali Dal (Amritsar) Very Well Attended


Dr. Aulakh Speaks at Chicago Conference on Sovereignty and Human Rights
Conference Sponsored by Akali Dal (Amritsar) Very Well Attended

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 14, 2012 ? Dr. Gurmit Singh Aulakh, President of the Council of Khalistan, was among the speakers at a conference on sovereignty and human rights sponsored by the Akali Dal (Amritsar) in Chicago on December 8-9-10.  The conference was very well publicized and was attended by Sikhs from France, England, Canada, the United States, and other parts of the world, including Sardar Eman Singh Mann, son of former Member of Parliament Simranjit Singh Mann, leader of the Akali Dal (Amritsar).  Dr. Paramjit Singh Ajrawat also spoke.   ?Eman Singh Mann is a well-educated man who has the potential to lead the Sikh Nation,? said Dr. Aulakh.  ?I wish him success.?

On Sunday December 8, as the conference began, about 30 clean-shaven men, only two wearing turbans, entered and came near the podium.  They were affiliated with the Akali Dal (Badal) and the Congress Party.  They complained that there should be no such meetings in the Gurdwara.  Gurdwara President Bibi Sukhdev Kaur handled the situation very well, calling the police and asking the attackers to talk downstairs.  The police informed the protestors that they could go upstairs and listen quietly but if they caused a disturbance they would be arrested. They left the Gurdwara.  This disturbance shows once again that Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal is an agent of the Indian government.

Every speaker at the convention addressed the issue of the need for Khalistan.  Dr. Aulakh condemned goondaism by the Badal regime and the Congress Party.  After his speech, he raised five slogans of ?Khalistan Zindabad?, which were very well received.  Dr. Ajrawat made a very emotional speech regarding the independence of Khalistan.  He mentioned that Indian government agents sat among us and that if anyone wanted to know who, he would gladly name them.  He raised five slogans each of ?Khalistan Zindabad? and ?Akal Takht To Iai Awaz Khalistan Khalistan.?

The Sikh Nation needs freedom.  As Sant Bhindranwale said, ?the day the Indian government attacks the Golden Temple, the foundation of Khalistan will be laid.?  In 1986, Baba Gurbachan Singh Manochal, then Jathedar of the Akal Takht Sahib, who was later killed by the Indian government, held a Sarbat Khalsa on April 29, 1986 at Akal Takht Sahib, which passed a resolution for Khalistan.  Then on October 7, 1987, Jathedar Manochal and the Panthic Committee declared Khalistan independent.  They formed the Council of Khalistan with Dr. Aulakh as President. The Council of Khalistan is the government pro tempore to lead the struggle for independence by gathering support from the Sikh diaspora and the international community.  Since then, the Council of Khalistan has led the effort, working very hard to achieve independence.  There are over 1500 statements by Members of the U.S. Congress in the Congressional Record on the human rights violations against Sikhs and the independence of Khalistan.  The U.S. Congress has held many hearings on human-rights violations in India.  The late General Narinder Singh, who said that ?Punjab is a police state?, and Justice Ajit Singh Bains of the Punjab Human Rights Organization are among those who have been invited to speak at these hearings.  The Congress has cut aid to India seven times.  India has been exposed as a major oppressor of minorities and violator of human rights.

A report issued by the Movement Against State Repression (MASR) quotes the Punjab Civil Magistracy as writing ?if we add up the figures of the last few years the number of innocent persons killed would run into lakhs [hundreds of thousands.]?  According to Sardar Mann, the Indian government has murdered over a million Sikhs since 1982.  Sardar Inderjit Singh Jaijee, author of The Politics of Genocide, and Bibi Baljit Kaur of the Movement Against State Repression (MASR) told Dr. Aulakh that if it were not for the efforts of the Council of Khalistan, that number might be ten times as high.  India has also killed more than 300,000 Christians in Nagaland, over 100,000 Muslims in Kashmir, and tens of thousands of Tamils, Assamese, Bodos, Manipuris, and others. The Indian Supreme Court called the Indian government's murders of Sikhs "worse than a genocide.?

?I would like to thank S. Buta Singh Kharaud, convenor of the SAD (ASR-USA) for hosting this conference,? said Dr. Aulakh.  ?India must stop trying to sow confusion and stop trying to subvert the Sikh Nation?s God-give right to freedom.  Instead, India should allow a free and fair plebiscite on independence for Khalistan and all the nations of South Asia,? he said. ?As Professor Darshan Singh said, ?If a Sikh is not a Khalistani, he is not a Sikh?,? Dr. Aulakh noted. ?It is time to free Khalistan so Sikhs can live in freedom and dignity.?
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Parmjit Singh Sekhon (Dakha)
Advisor
Council of Khalistan

President
Dal Khalsa Alliance

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