Temple defends celebration of Parmar

The president of a Surrey Sikh temple says he has no regrets about having photographs of alleged terrorist Talwinder Singh Parmar and other Canadians who died in India on floats in a parade attended by several politicians earlier this month.
As controversy continues to swirl around the Vaisakhi parade, Sudager Singh Sandhu, president of the Gurdwara Sahib Dasmesh Darbar, spoke out yesterday for the first time about the involvement of several prominent politicians in the parade that appeared to support a terrorist leader and a banned terrorist organization.
Mr. Sandhu, 44, said he unequivocally condemns those involved the Air-India bombing disaster in 1985 that killed 331 people, mostly Canadians. He said he does not support an armed struggle for Khalistan or those who advocate violence.
However, he is not convinced that Mr. Parmar was the mastermind behind the bombings.
24/04/07 Robert Matas/Globe and Mail, Canada

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