1984 Massacre Of Sikhs Victim And Witness Against Congress Leader Sajjan Kumar Hands Memo To Canadian MPs

OTTAWA -Jagdish Kaur, a1984 massacre of Sikhs victimand witness against Congressleader Sajjan Kumar, has handedover a memorandum to MPsof three parties in Canadianparliament urging them to bringa motion in theCanadian House fordebate on whether theriots were genocide asdefined in Article 2 ofthe UN Convention.On InternationalHuman Rights Day,Jagdish Kaur, who losther husband, a son andthree brothers in the massacre,met the MPs and narrated herharrowing tale of witnessing themass killings and emphasizedthat these were not “riots” butgovernment-sponsored masskillings. She alleged thatCongress leader Sajjan Kumar,against whom she had testifiedfor killing of her family, wasbeing shielded by the Congresspresident and the government.Sources said by ensuring interactionof Jagdish Kaurwith Canadian MPs,the rights groups led bySikhs For Justice alsoaim to apprise themember countries ofUN Human RightsCouncil about theissue.SFJ legal adviserGurpatwant SinghPannun said members ofNational Democratic Party caucusPaul Dewar, LysaneBlanchette-Lamothe and JinnySimms met Jagdish Kaur andassured her of their support.