Pat-down of Sikh diplomat: Punjab deputy CM writes to PM

Chandigarh: Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take up the issue of the pat-down of a Sikh diplomat at a US airport recently with President Barack Obama.
Badal, also Shiromani Akali Dal president, took strong exception to what he called humiliation of diplomat Hardeep Singh Puri who was asked to remove his turban during security check two weeks ago at Houston airport.
In a letter to the prime minister, he requested him to take up the issue with US president to put an end to such practices.
There was strong resentment among the Sikh community across the world on repeated humiliation of Sikhs at airports in the US, Badal said in the letter.
The Central government had failed to properly convey the hurt sentiments of the Sikh community all over the world on the matter to Obama during his recent visit to India, the letter said.
13/12/10 Daily News & Analysis

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Categories: Airports Dec 2010, Foreign Dec 2010