California assembly passes determination urging US Congress to recognise 1984 anti-Sikh riots as ‘genocide’

The California state assembly handed a call urging the US Congress to recognise the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in India as “genocide”.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Apr 12, 2023 11:57 IST

The determination talked about the Sikh group inside the US had not however recovered from the bodily and psychological trauma of the 1984 riots. (Photo: PTI)

By India Today News Desk: The California state assembly handed a call, requesting the US Congress to formally recognise the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in India as ‘genocide’. The determination moreover urged the US Congress to condemn the violence.

The determination, handed on Monday by the California assembly, talked about the Sikh group inside the US had not however recovered from the bodily and psychological trauma of the riots, and urged the US Congress to formally recognise and condemn the November 1984 anti-Sikh violence as a genocide, data firm PTI reported.

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The similar determination was handed by the Senate of New Jersey on January 6 remaining 12 months, in keeping with a Times of India report.

It was launched by assembly member Jasmeet Kaur Bains on March 22. It was handed unanimously by the California state assembly.

Bains is the first-ever elected Sikh member of the California state assembly.

The determination was co-sponsored by assembly member Carlos Villapudua. Only totally different Hindu member, Ash Kalra, moreover voted in favour of the choice.

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The determination spoke a few ‘Widow Colony’ inside the nationwide capital and talked about it nonetheless housed “Sikh women who were assaulted, raped, tortured, and forced to witness the dismemberment, burning and murder of their families, and who are still calling for justice against the perpetrators”.

“In 2015, the California assembly also passed a resolution terming the anti-Sikh violence as pogrom,” Pritpal Singh, president of the American Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, was quoted by Times of India as saying.

Edited By:

Prateek Chakraborty

Published On:

Apr 12, 2023