Support for Gurbaksh Singh, Sikh bodies to march from Akal Takht to Mohali TNN | Dec 3, 2013, AMRITSAR: To highlight the cause of Gurbaksh Singh, who has been on fast-unto-death for last 18 days, Sikh bodies have resolved to undertake a march on December 4 from Akal Takht to Gurdwara Amb Sahib in Mohali. Gurbakash Singh, who has been on hunger strike since November 14, is demanding the release of certain former Sikh militants, who according to him were not being freed even after having completed their prison terms. On Monday, representatives of Sikh bodies met Gurbaksh in Mohali to express their solidarity with him and also to attract governments attention towards his demand. In a joint statement issued after meeting Gurbakash, Dal Khalsa spokesperson Satnam Singh Paonta Sahib and Panch Pardhani leader Harpal Singh Cheema said the march would begin from the Akal Takht in Amritsar on December 4 morning and reach Mohali in the evening. Dal Khalsa leader Kanwarpal Singh informed that among those who met Gurbaksh were Dal Khalsa head Harchranjit Singh Dhami, Panch Pardhani member Daljit Singh Bittu, former IAS officer Gurtej Singh, former DGP Shashi Kant, former Akal Takht jathedar Prof Darshan Singh, human rights activists advocate Navkiran Singh and advocate Amar Singh Chahal, Sikh scholar Gurdarshan Singh Dhillon and Sikh preacher Ranjit Singh Dhadrianwale. The speakers castigated SAD for its alleged stoic silence and urged its leadership to take up the issue of release of Sikh prisoners with the Union home ministry. Justifying the hunger strike by Gurbaksh, they said denial of justice to Sikhs by successive governments had forced him to take that step. timesofindia.indiatimes/city/chandigarh/Support-for-Gurbaksh-Sikh-bodies-to-march-from-Akal-Takht-to-Mohali/articleshow/26757174.cms
Posted on: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 05:40:12 +0000
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