Mr. Michael Arietti, Director Office of Bilateral Affairs U.S. Department of State Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. Arietti:
At the September 25, 1990 hearing sponsored by the Congressional Human Rights Caucus to discuss the alleged violations of human rights of minorities particularly of Sikhs and Muslims in India, you said that the majority of Sikhs in Punjab “Are content to stay as part of India and do not favor independence.” You further said that you based your information on “opinions conveyed to our embassy people and to other officials in Washington”. Mr. Arietti, without even going into the validity and authenticity of your so called information you claimed to have received from your embassy people and officials in Washington, on behalf of the entire Sikh Nation, I not only Reject your above referred information but also dare you to arrange through your government’s 200d offices a United Nations supervised referendum on this issue as demanded by popular Sikh leader Sardar Simrinjit Singh Mann to determine if Sikhs want independence or not.
At this point would also like to draw your attention to the most historic events which took place in Madison Square Gardens in New York City on July 27, 1984 and on June S, 1985 in Nation’s Capital in Washington, D.C. where literally tens of thousands of Sikhs from all over North America unanimously raised the demand of independence for Sikhs. This fact was again proved by the November 1989 electoral victory of ten Independence demanding Khalistani candidates in Punjab out of thirteen Amarjit Singh Buttar
Article extracted from this publication >> October 26, 1990
