SAD appeals to US Govt for humanitarian view in truck driver Harjinder Singh case, plans mega rally

Published on: 26 Aug 2025 at 01:00 PM

Published by: The fact news

The Fact News Service

Chandigarh, August 26

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today passed a resolution appealing to the United States government to take a humanitarian view of truck driver Harjinder Singh’s case even as it appealed to the union government to extend consular and legal assistance to the Sikh youth and ensure he has access to legal remedies.

The resolution was passed during a meeting of the senior leadership from six districts of the State under the chairmanship of party president Sukhbir Singh Badal.

The meeting also decided to conduct a historic political conference at Moga on August 31 which has been designated as a Fateh rally to lay out the party programme to take on centrist parties which have ruined Punjab.

Leaders assured the SAD president that more than two lakh Punjabis would congregate at the party conference to sound the bugle for the end of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) rule in Punjab and the advent of the SAD government in 2027.

It also passed a resolution asking the centre and the State government to stop politics over ration cards and ensure justice to all beneficiaries of the atta-daal scheme. It said presently Punjabis were suffering because no pulses were being supplied under the scheme and even the quantity of wheat being supplied by the centre had been reduced drastically.

It also highlighted that people were the losers whether the centre stopped supply due to eKYC update or the State government deleted ration cards on political considerations.

Meanwhile, speaking about the resolution on Harjinder Singh, the SAD president described the former as a hard working member of the Punjabi and Sikh diaspora who deserved a fair trial following an accident which caused a fatal crash.

Badal said Punjabis were deeply hurt to learn that Harjinder was produced in court without a turban which was an inseparable and sacred article of faith for every Sikh. “This insensitive act has pained the Sikh community worldwide”, he asserted.

The resolution, which also expressed the party’s heartfelt sympathies with the families who lost their loved ones in the accident, urged the United States government to take a humanitarian view of the entire issue keeping in mind Harjinder’s background, circumstances and the contribution of the Punjabi community.While urging the Ministry of External Affairs to ensure that all avenues of legal defence were made available to Harjinder through the Indian Embassy and Consulate, it also requested the Punjab government to stand in solidarity with Harjinder’s family and extend appropriate support to it.

The resolution also appealed to the Sikh and Punjabi diaspora organizations in North America to provide moral, financial and legal assistance to Harjinder during this difficult period.

The SAD in the resolution acknowledged the immense contribution of Punjabi and Sikh truck drivers to the economies of both India and the United States and also reaffirmed its commitment to stand with the global Punjabi community and ensure justice, dignity and humanitarian support to all.

The party’s senior leadership from Ropar, Mohali, Fatehgarh Sahib, Nawansheher, Ludhiana and Patiala were present at the meeting.