"Sikhs need to wake up to the facts and campaign for an independent sovereign Sikh state" The last few days have seen senior politicians from the BJP and Congress sink to the depths in showing once again the true face of the so-called Indian democracy. First you had the Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi ridiculing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and insulting the Sikh community with reference to “12 midnight” and the partition when conservative estimates suggest 40% of all Sikhs became refugees and an estimated 500,000 lost their lives.
Statements of condemnation have come from many quarters following Modi's derogatory remarks during his election campaign in Maharasthra, but doubts remain whether the Akali's are prepared to break ties with the BJP if an apology and Modi's resignation are not forthcoming.
More recently we have had Jagdish Tytler, the Congress Indian Union Minister for Non Resident Indians making direct threats on national TV on the life of Harvinder Singh Phoolka, 49, a prominent human rights activist and advocate of the Supreme Court of India. Tytler has declared on national TV that he will harm and “finish” Harvinder Singh. The Sikh Federation (UK) has made an online video file available, which shows the Indian Union Minister, Jagdish Tytler threatening Harvinder Singh. A complaint has been filed in the Ludhiana High Court against Tytler. Amrik Singh, the Chair of the Sikh Federation (UK) said: "Modi and Tytler are openly insulting and threatening Sikhs. It is time for the Sikh masses to pressure the impotent Sikh leadership in the Indian sub-continent to take concerted action against such individuals. We will continue to exert pressure from abroad and expose the falsehood of Indian democracy. Incidents such as these illustrate that Sikhs need to wake up to the hard facts and campaign for an independent sovereign Sikh state, Khalistan." Amrik Singh added: "The likes of Modi, Tytler, KPS Gill and others that have been directly involved in instigating pogroms, torture and human rights abuses should take note of the historic action that is being taken in the UK. Faryadi Sarwar Zardad, an Afghan man charged with conspiring to kidnap and torture in Afghanistan in the period from 1991-96 is this week being tried in the Old Bailey in London. The case is the first of its kind. Section 134 of the Criminal Justice Act allows Britain to try alleged torturers regardless of where the crime is alleged to have occurred. This is in line with the United Nations Convention Against Torture. The Attorney General Lord Goldsmith, who is prosecuting has said: Although the matters did not concern the UK, some crimes are so heinous they can be tried in any country To see the video, use the link below provided by Voices For Freedom: http://www.voicesforfreedom.org/hrabuse/phoolka/video/NDTVThreat.mpg

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