Ahead of PM Modi’s visit White House representatives hold meeting with Sikh activists
- In Reports
- 07:17 PM, Sep 21, 2024
- Myind Staff
White House officials met with a group of Sikh activists to assure them that the US government is dedicated to protecting Americans from any acts of foreign aggression, a Sikh community leader said. The meeting took place ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's three-day visit to the US, where he will attend the Quad summit in Delaware and speak at the UN General Assembly's 'Summit of the Future' in New York.
The meeting was held at the White House and included Pritpal Singh from the American Sikh Caucus Committee, along with representatives from the Sikh Coalition and the Sikh American Legal Defence and Education Fund (SALDEF).
“Yesterday we had the chance to thank senior federal government officials for saving the lives of Sikh Americans and for vigilance in protecting our community. We asked them to do more, and we will hold them to their assurances that they will,” Pritpal Singh, founder of the American Sikh Caucus Committee told PTI on Friday.
In a social media post on X on Friday, Pritpal Singh thanked the US officials for their vigilance in protecting Sikh Americans. “We will hold them to their assurances to do more to safeguard our community. Freedom and justice must prevail,” he said.
This is the first time the National Security Council has met with Sikh activists and separatists. No other details about the meeting are available. The White House initiated this meeting. This week, Congressman Adam Schiff introduced the Transnational Repression Reporting Act of 2024. This act would require the Attorney General, along with other federal agencies, to report any cases of transnational repression affecting people in the U.S.
“Through this bill, Congress sends a strong message to both allies and adversaries that violating the constitutional rights of Americans will not be tolerated,” SALDEF said.
This week, Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun filed a civil lawsuit against the Government of India and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. The US District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a summons in this case. The lawsuit names the Government of India, Doval, and Nikhil Gupta, who was charged by federal prosecutors in November for allegedly collaborating with an Indian government employee in a failed plot to kill Pannun.
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