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Act to
stop turban checks, Akali Dal tells government
Tuesday December 14, 2010 07:40:45 PM,
IANS
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Chandigarh: The ruling Akali Dal in Punjab Tuesday termed Indian diplomat Hardeep Puri's
'pat down' episode in the US as an outrage and urged the central
government to launch a diplomatic initiative to ensure that Sikhs'
turbans were not checked anywhere in the world.
Puri, India's permanent representative to the UN, was screened by
security officials at Austin airport last month.
Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal said: "This incident is an
outrage not only against Sikh religion but against all civilised
norms of conduct. We appreciate the action of Puri in resisting
this attack on his religious identity."
"We urge Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to issue strict
instructions to the ministry for external affairs to circulate an
advisory to all Indian High Commissions, embassies and diplomatic
missions abroad for taking special steps to stop such incidents in
future," she said.
Badal said the government must demand an apology from countries
where such incidents take place and also seek guarantees against
any recurrence.
"I have an uncomfortable feeling that our government did not press
this matter hard enough with the visiting French President Nicolas
Sarkozy. This must be counted as a diplomatic failure," said Badal.
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