AMRITSAR: Seven US Congressmen led by Donald norcross I have written to the Secretary of Mike Pompeo State expressing serious concerns about the farmers in progress‘protest in India.
While affirming that the relationship between the United States and India is a source of pride and prosperity for both nations, they said that as national legislators they respect the right of the Indian government to determine national policy, in accordance with existing law. At the same time, they said they also recognized the rights of those in India and abroad who are currently protesting peacefully.
Additionally, Donald Norcross, the letter is signed by Brendan F. Boyle, Brian Fitzpatrick, Pramila Jayapal, Mary Gay Scanlon, Debbie Dingell, and David Trone.
“We are forced to contact you after seeing in the international press that Punjab farmers peacefully protesting towards Delhi were brutally subjected to attacks with water cannons, barbed wire barricades and tear gas by Indian security personnel. “, write the congressmen. to the Secretary of State.
They said that the farmer’s problem concerns Sikh Americans “Many Indian Americans are directly affected as they have family and ancestral lands in Punjab and are concerned about the well-being of their families in India,” they said.
They had also urged Pompeo to contact his Indian counterpart to reinforce America’s commitment to free political expression abroad.
In response to the US congressmen’s letter to Pompeo, Himmat Singh, coordinator of the East Coast Sikh Coordination Committee (SCCEC) said it was due to lobbying by the SCCEC, the American Committee Gurdwara Parbandhak and the American Sikh Cucus that the seven influential members of Congress he had written to Pompeo expressing serious concern over the ongoing farmers’ protest in India.
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