It is rumoured that Kuldeep Bhardwaj may be replaced as the Minister for Press and Information at the Indian High Commission following his statement to the BBC on Friday 10 June in relation to the to the 21st Anniversary of June 1984 and the Rally and March for Remembrance, Justice and Freedom on Sunday 12 June in London. According to the BBC he declined to come on air, but told them that Britain was a free country where people were allowed to protest and it would be inappropriate for him to comment on the rally and march. Many have picked up on this as an admission that in comparison India is not a free country where minorities are free to protest about their treatment by the Indian authorities. Commenting on the lack of justice for Sikhs for 1984 he said steps were being taken by the Indian Government to ensure justice for the Sikhs. This in turn has been interpreted as admitting Sikhs have not had justice for 21 years. He also expressed the view that the demand for Khalistan was a demand by the Sikh Diaspora and not that of Sikhs in India. Bhai Amrik Singh, the Chairman of the Sikh Federation (UK) said: "It is a fact that Sikhs have not had any justice for 21 years. It is also a fact that Manmohan Singh has been the Indian Prime Minister for the last thirteen months and we are no nearer in getting any justice. If we look at the broken promises made to the Sikhs following Indian independence in 1947, at the treatment of Sikhs and the Panjab since 1947 and in the last 30 years in particular we are of the firm view that India has demonstrated through its own actions and no one should be in any doubt that Sikhs will never get justice in India." Bhai Amrik Singh continued by saying: "If you analyse what Kuldeep Bhardwaj has told the BBC, he in effect admitting India is not a free country and Sikhs and have yet to get any justice. The arrests and charges in the last few days against Sikhs such as Simranjit Singh Mann and Kanwarpal Singh Bittu for simply shouting slogans in support of a separate Sikh State is ample proof that India does not even respect a Sikhs right to freedom of speech. It is therefore hardly surprising he maintains the demand for Khalistan is a demand by the Sikh Diaspora." Readers may be interested in listening to two interviews given on BBC Asian Network on Friday 10 June. These have been recorded and can be listened to on the Internet at: Morning Show in English by Bhai Jagtar Singh Evening show in Panjabi by Bhai Amrik Singh Chairman of SF The first is in English from the morning show and the second is in Panjabi from the evening Panjabi show. Both interviews are in relation to the 21st Anniversary of June 1984 and Rally and March for Remembrance, Justice and Freedom on Sunday 12 June in London.