The resolution states the 'Widow Colony' in New Delhi still houses Sikh women who were assaulted, raped, tortured, and...
Digital Desk: The California state assembly took action by passing a resolution requesting the United States Congress to publicly declare and condemn the anti-Sikh riots in India in 1984 as genocide.
On March 22, assembly Member Jasmeet Kaur Bains, the state legislature's first-ever elected Sikh member, introduced the resolution, which was unanimously passed by the house on Monday.
Assembly member Carlos Villapudua co-sponsored it, whereas only one other Hindu member named Ash Kalra, voted in favor of the resolution.
Highlighting that the Sikh community in the United States has not recovered from the physical and psychological damage of the riots, the resolution calls on the United States Congress to publicly recognize and condemn the November 1984 anti-Sikh violence as genocide.
Under the resolution, the 'Widow Colony' in New Delhi still contains Sikh women who were assaulted, raped, tortured, and forced to watch the mutilation, burning, and murder of their families, and who are still demanding justice from those responsible.
Pritpal Singh, the coordinator of the American Sikh Caucus Committee and other US Sikh organizations, issued a statement thanking members of the California state assembly for presenting and approving the resolution.
Following the assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards on October 31, 1984, violence broke out in Delhi and other parts of the country.
During the subsequent turmoil, almost 3,000 Sikhs were slain across India, predominantly in the National Capital.
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