YUBA CITY: At meeting Saturday of Western United States members of the World Sikh Organization the Sikh leaders in India were cautioned through a resolution against any compromise on fundamentals. “No Sikh individual institution or party should enter into dialogue with the government of India without expressly stating its objective of a Sovereign Sikh state,” it was stated to the resolution, “Sikhs are slaves in India and it is their birthright to struggle for freedom,” the resolution further states.
The meeting was addressed by the chairman’s, Didar Singh Gen J.S. Bhullar Secretary General, Mr. Ram Jethmalani, the eminent Indian lawyer and Vice President of Bhartiya Janata Party and a large number of other dignitaries.
Mr. Jethmalani explained that he had come there more to understand your feelings and thought processes than to give any lecture. “You may not accept my thoughts but let us try to understand each and if possible to resolve the problems,” he said. He declared that there was nothing anti-national or secessionist in Anandpur Sahib Resolution and referred to his meeting in May 83 with Sant Harchand Singh Longowal.
Article extracted from this publication >> March 9, 1990
