AGWARA: Harb Dhaliwal created history by becoming the first Indian to be elected as an MP and elevated to the post of Parliamentary Secretary to Ministry of Fisheries and Oceans Federal Government of Canada has demanded a special probe into all custodial deaths in Punjab so that the guilty can be brought to book In an exclusive interview Mr. Har Dhaliwal whose full name is Harben S. Singh Dhaliwal regretted that Magrant violations of human rights had been committed in the state. According to him peace in Punjab had been achieved at the cost of human rights.
Dhaliwal originally belongs to a village in Doaba region and is currently on a holiday along with his family in Punjab.
He claimed that several human rights groups had met him and all had accused the state government of indulging in fake encounters He Said the police in the state had been given extra-constitutional powers.
He pleaded for a lasting solution to the problem by winning the hearts of the Punjabis rather than the Present policy of police brutality. When asked about Pakistan’s overt and covert support to militants he stated that this issue had been a bit over exaggerated.
However Dhaliwal who enjoys a minister’s status was all praise for the policies pursued by Dr. Manmohan Singh Union Finance Minister. Manmohan Singh is doing well by opening up the world to a closed society through reduction of restrictions and regulations. However he maintained missing.
For any NRO invest in India of for that matter in Punjab four things: are very Important (a) political stability (b) fundamental human rights (C) modern amenities in the system and (d) mela harmony Observed Dhaliwal.
He underlined the importance of political will for ushering in the required changes in the system. He also expressed worry about the growing population und the increasing pollution
When his attention was drawn to the ban on the entry of five turbaned Sikh veterans into a banquet hall by Newton Legion Surrey last November and the subsequent storm if had created in Canada he said the incident had been widely condemned. The country is a multicultural and multi-racial society and minor aberrations and irritants do ‘crop up but we will settle the turban row amicably’ he continued
Dhaliwal said provinces enjoyed autonomy in Canada there was complete decentralization of powers and politicians were purely public servants. But here revers is true and states have been left with very little powers he added.
Dhaliwal was all praise for the Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien whom he called a solution-oriented PM. . Dhaliwal 41 belongs to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and ‘ was elected to 295-member House of Commons from the Vancouver South constituency
During his current visit he was honored by the people of Doaba at Chaheru He promised to pursue the case of opening up a visa office at Jalandhar so that Doaba region Which had the highest number of Punjabis settled abroad could benefit.
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