[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 25307]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



               DR. AULAKH NAMED KHALISTAN MAN OF THE YEAR

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, October 13, 1999

  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I was pleased to note that the annual 
convention of the Council of Khalistan named Dr. Gurmit Singh Aulakh, 
President of the Council of Khalistan, as Khalistan Man of the Year.
  Dr. Aulakh is well known to us here on Capitol Hill. He has been a 
tireless advocate for freedom for the Sikhs. He has consistently worked 
to expose the brutal human-rights violations committed against the 
Sikhs by the Indian government. He has worked with us here in Congress 
to preserve the true history of the Sikhs which the Indian government 
is trying to alter.
  Dr. Aulakh has also worked for the rights of Sikhs in this country. 
He provided information to support asylum requests. He has supported 
Charan Singh Kalsi, the Sikhs who was fired by the New York Transit 
Authority because he refused to remove his turban for a hard hat. He is 
actively working to get the authorities in Mentor, OH, outside 
Cleveland, to drop concealed weapons charges against Gurbachan Singh 
Bhatia for carrying his kirpan, a ceremonial sword required by the Sikh 
religion.
  For all of these reasons and more, Dr. Aulakh deserves the support of 
all Sikhs and richly deserves the title of Khalistan Man of the Year.
  I submit the resolution designating Dr. Aulakh Khalistan Man of the 
Year into the Record for the information of my colleagues.

 Resolution Designating Dr. Aulakh Khalistan's Man of the Year for 1999


  Passed at the Convention of the Council of Khalistan, October 9-10, 
                        1999, Richmond Hill, NY

       Whereas the struggle for a free Khalistan is the most 
     important issue facing the Sikh Nation;
       Whereas Dr. Gurmit Singh Aulakh and the Council of 
     Khalistan have been working tirelessly for this goal for 
     eleven years;
       Whereas Dr. Aulakh has been very successful in 
     internationalizing the Sikh freedom struggle, in bringing the 
     genocide against the Sikhs and other minorities to the 
     attention of Congress and the media, in giving speeches, 
     raising funds, and otherwise creating a political and social 
     climate that brings Sikh freedom closer to fulfillment;
       Therefore be it resolved by the delegates of this 
     convention:
       That Dr. Gurmit Singh Aulakh, President of the Council of 
     Khalistan, is hereby designated as Khalistan's Man of the 
     Year for 1999.

     

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