Senior Journalist (UNI Retd.) Jaspal Singh Sidhu says that Indian Media under well calculated state police campaigned to built general impression against the Sikh struggle. He said that the word terrorist was introduced for armed Sikh activists in early 1980s to create extreme adverse opinion against the Sikhs amongst Indians.
Three years ago on August 5, 2012, a gunman with ties to white supremacist organizations entered a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, while Sikh Americans were praying and opened fire.
Sukhbir Badal, Deputy CM of Punjab and chief of ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) said that the Punjab government has done everything possible and worked beyond it's capacity on the issue of Sikh political prisoners but some people were working irresponsible to miss guide the people of Punjab on this issue.
Daljit Singh, a Kashmiri Sikh teacher who suffered serious face injuries during a ReT protest in Srinagar last week got a relief after a Sikh philanthropist body Khalsa Aid contacted his family for immediate assistance.
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