Harsimrat writes to Italian envoy on turban issue

Chandigarh, December 2
Member of Parliament from Bathinda Harsimrat Kaur Badal today sent a communiqué to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar to convey to the visiting Italian parliamentary delegation the concern of the Sikhs on their victimisation in Italy.

“If celebrities like Golfer Jeev Milkha Singh’s coach Amritinder Singh and Ravijodh Singh Dhupia, Commander of Jet Airways, could be ridiculed in the presence of thousands of commuters (by asking them to remove their turban), one can well understand the fate of ordinary Sikhs in Italy,” she said. In another communiqué to the Italy’s Ambassador, Harsimrat reminded him of the SAD memorandum on the humiliation meted out to Amritinder Singh and his assurance that such incidents would not reccur. She also criticised the Congress-led UPA Government for doing little to safeguard the dignity of the Sikhs travelling abroad.

She said that on the one hand, the Congress claimed to be a votary of Sikhs and on the other, despite assurances by the Union Exteranl Affairs Ministry and the Prime Minister, the Sikhs were being targeted abroad.