After Capt, SFJ now targets AAP
Friday, 29/04/2016
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Chandigarh : After making the Punjab Congress president Captain Amarinder Singh’s scheduled poll campaign tour in Canada, the US-based activist group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) has now targeted the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
The SFJ has lodged a formal complaint against the AAP with the Canadian foreign affairs minister asking the federal government to intervene with respect to AAP’s ongoing election-related activities within the country Canada and block the proposed visit of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.
In a letter shot off to minister Stéphane Dion, the SFJ stated that by targeting non-resident Indians (NRIs) living in Canada, canvassing for their votes and holding fundraising events, the AAP was conducting campaigns in that country Canada and had established a foreign political movement there, both of which violate the express terms of “Global Affairs Canada” Policy.
Seeking parity in application of the policy to all foreign political parties, the SFJ further stated, “The Canadian government must raise the same objections with the Indian government in respect of AAP’s activities as it raised in respect of the Congress activities as inconsistent application of the policy risks creating a misguided perception that the Canadian government favours certain Indian political parties over others.
SFJ didn’t spare even me: Badal
Chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday took on the SFJ, saying, “Though its name sounds democratic, the body actually is opposed to anyone wishing to have a democratic dialogue with the Punjabi diaspora.” “They spared none,” he said, “including me, Captain Amarinder Singh, and Sonia Gandhi.”
Denying allegations laid by Amarinder that the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) was behind scuttling his Canada and the US tours, the CM said: “When Amarinder says anything, just turn it upside down to get the reality.” Badal claimed he had been the first to raise voice against Canada’s denying Amarinder permission to interact with its Punjabis. “A democracy, he said, should allow all people to express their views.
