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Punjab Govt’s Minister Tota Singh Shown Shoes In New York

Jul. 19 Religion, Unrest Strikes, World Comments

[New York]Punjab Govt Delegation lead by NRI Minister Tota Singh Shown Shoes In New York
A senior cabinet minister in the Punjab government and his delegation came under attack as hundreds of Sikhs protesting his visit allegedly threw stones and hurled a shoe at the leaders, following which the police took two youths into custody.
Tota Singh, Minister for NRI Affairs in the Punjab government, and other Akali leaders were scheduled to address a meeting at Richmond Hill in the Queens borough yesterday.
However, hundreds of Sikhs protesting the visit and chanting slogans converged at the venue and allegedly surrounded the area, according to information provided by the rights group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ).
The standoff between the Sikhs and Singh’s delegation continued for more than three hours and a heavy contingent of New York Police was summoned at the scene.
The North American Sikh groups are opposing SAD (Badal) for their failure to convict Indian police officers who were involved in extra-judicial killings of thousands of innocent Sikhs during counter insurgency operations in early 1990s
Singh is leading a delegation to the US and Canada to garner support of the Punjabi diaspora for the 2017 Assembly elections in Punjab.

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