Olympics 2012: UK Foreign Minister Responds to Concerns About Visit of Tytler and KPS Gill

LONDON, UK—Over the last few weeks many Sikhs have written to MPs about the possible visit of Jagdish Tytler, KPS Gill and others from India as part of the official Indian delegation for the London 2012 Olympics.

In the run up to the start of the Games the Sikh Federation (UK) has been pushing Shadow Foreign Office Ministers to get a response from the Foreign Minister responsible for relations with India.  Staff working for John Spellar MP have been in daily contact and at the end of last week complained due to a lack of response from the UK Government (see letter attached).

Today the Sikh Federation (UK) has been copied the letter sent to John Spellar MP, a Shadow Foreign Minister, by Jeremy Browne the Foreign Minister responsible for relations with India (see letter attached).

The letter states:

The Foreign Office ‘do not routinely comment on individual cases.’  But has confirmed its policy is clear ‘that accreditation shall be refused to any individual who may present a safety or security risk, where their presence at the Games or in the United Kingdom would not be conducive to the public good or if there is independent, reliable and credible evidence that they have committed human rights abuses.’

The Foreign Minister continues:

‘I am aware of the level of concern in the Sikh community in Britain about the treatment of their fellow Sikhs in India. We note that in 2005 Indian Prime Minister Singh offered an apology for the 1984 massacre in Parliament during discussions on a new judicial inquiry into the violence. Whilst the Indian government has indicated that the events of 1984 will be looked into further, the British Government has no locus to intervene in India’s judicial process.’

The letter has not confirmed or denied Jadish Tytler and KPS Gill will be at the London 2012 Olympics.  However, the language used by the Foreign Minister implies ‘accreditation’ may have been refused.

The Foreign Office was very unlikely to categorically state the Indian Government has been told that people like Jadish Tytler and KPS Gill are not welcome, but UK MPs who are familiar with the type of diplomatic language used by the UK Foreign Office have suggested the Sikh community should interpret from this letter that the UK Government has taken the matter seriously and India would not now risk these individuals representing them in any capacity at the London Olympics.

13 COMMENTS

  1. KPS Gill the tyrant. The man who sold his soul the the devil. Known as the devils henchman and comparable to Hitler in his crimes against Sikhism.

  2. Also block entry to khalistanis who killed other minorities.I will soon forward this list to European union of sikh leaders who promote human killing to achieve their aim.These butchers on Sangat and Sikh Channel openly take credit for killing the people in punjab.

    Ages ago we were given examples of Guru Arjun Dev humility and martyrdom and now we get examples from these hardliners to how to become human bombs to achieve their political aims.When Kuldip nayyar talks straight then again these hardliners have got problem.

    That’s why italy has decided to go ahead with ban on kirpan in their country and more bans will follow.Already London committee has placed some sanctions on.This is all due to khalistanis who just enjoy killing to achieve their aims.Already lower castes have defected from sikhs and got their own places of worship in punjab free of bhindrawalan posters or khalistan slogans.

  3. Go and brainwash your kids nobody stopping you.
    the problem is sikh religion is took over by jatts.
    I travelled all over the world gurudwaras are took over by jatt community they bloody make money from them. drink alcahool meat inside gurudwaras.
    look at pakistan its a failed state. do you think if you khalistan you will live in peace. no way because they will keep fighting within khalistan. for jatstan, ramgarhia,namdharia ,ravidassia. you talk about equity in sikhism.
    there can be no equity where you have 5 gurudwara on a road for diffrent castes.
    you will keep fighting and killing each other and blame others. some clever people will always exploit you and your generations. Sant what a sant raping girls inside harmandar sahib. person who made harmadar sahib a bomb factory. what a shame. i do respect 10 gurus. but not these ISI agents. search in pakistani media channels on youtube you will see how they fueled aand trained khalistani terrorist. EVERYONE WHO SUPPORT KHALISTAN SHOULD BE SENT TO PAKISTAN SO MUSLIMS CAN DO THEM UNDER 0.5%.

    • I do agree with you .We don’t want ISI agents to run the country.I stopped going to gurdwaras in Europe as they are totally infiltrated with khalistanis.They don’t talk about teaching of Gurus and just about khalistan and rajona ,etc.The 1984 was a result of power struggle by giani zail singh and Indira supporter jarnail singh.
      Now these hardliners openly take credit of killings on sikh tv and sangat channel.Lets see where our generation ends up .

      I wonder why EU/UK governments are allowing these sort of philosophy/broadcasts on sikh channel uk as it is bound to make the future children terrorist.

  4. Hey listen sunny dude, first of all the info you provide in your comments back it up with evidence or quit misguiding people. Let me explain a couple of things you rambled on about and still yet failed to understand. I’m a Sikh and I was born after 1984. 28 years have passed and the topic is still as delicate as it ever has been and the Sikh population will not forget it. You know why? Because thousands of innocent people were tortured and killed, families ripped apart, human beings killed with no remorse. You talk about who to blame? The blame is on the corrputed high officials and every single person that destroyed a life in 1984. You talk about The Kalistan Movement was connected with Pakistan? The Kalistan Movement was only created because of The greedy and still corrupt Indian goverenment that refused to give Sikhs equality. The Muslims got Pakistan and the Hindus got India. What did the Sikhs get? They were strangers to both sides. Why didn’t they get their own state? The 1984 incident was a horrific event no Person should go through, but yet it happened and killers got away. Us humans will never understand what truly went on and so it is unright of us to make accusations toward others. Especially towards fighters of the Kalistan Movement whose assumptions you heard from the thousands of lies from India trying to cover up their unjust actions. All I know is Waheguru saw those that were corrupt and wrong and the innocent and the wrong will pay. The least you can do is to try and learn about out such issues before making accusations. One more thing you said the Sikh religion will become like islam one day? You really don’t know anything about Sikhi then. I am not denying the fact of there being corrupt Sikhs out in the world but then there may be people posing to be corrupt Sikhs and misguide the world. Islam is male dominate and still is injustice towards women in their society. And with every growing day women and men are becoming each others equals and people are becoming more open minded and understanding in the Sikh society. Sikhism is the belief in Waheguru and in equality. Many Sikh societies are accessing the equalitiness of the religion and those that have not comprehend it yet will soon will. So no, Sikhism will never be like Islam. Sikhs know from right and wrong and we are far to strong to fall into the wrapth of wrongness. I have no clue about Islam and nor do I want to. I am fully aware of my religion and it is not what you are imposing it to be.

  5. we don not need to know about what ever you said about tytler, we know his truth and truth of indian govt. where people like tytler are misusing the definition of ‘democracy’ from many many years.

    secondly, people whom you call ‘brainwashed’ were actually more conscious as human beings. they did very right thing, Sikhs have their own court for terrorists like indra gandhi(a buthcer/terrorist). Khalsa will unreveal all human rights abusers including those who are in indian govt.

    indian govt. successfully vanished minorities , first buddhism, then muslims. but they cannot do this to Sikhs, though they tried many many times and this was tried by mughals too in past.

    my advise to you is do you own research first before commenting on SANT JARNAIL SINGH JI KHALSA BHINDRAWALE

    Take it other way around, it was delhi mobs who were brain washed, they dont even bother what they were doing. it was a planned genocide, indian govt planned it.

    Sikhs do not hate any religion, but we are conscious enough to defend ourselves.
    So think before you call us enemies. we are nation’s defenders, history is evidence. so again, do some reasearch before posting such notes on web.

    no further comments, as all your statements are no where strike any validity from any where in history and present. probably you got it know from wrong channels.

  6. It shows u kno a couple of things, but like they say, half knowledge is dangerous. a suggestion: why dont u research things to the core before making such baseless comments. Alas! ur understanding is very much limited nd restricted.

    • you mean to say i should go to a gurudwara and say khalistan zindabaad.
      22% of sikhs and hindus was in pakistan in 1950 and they are under 0.5 percent.
      who you people want to blame. they rape sikh girl in nankana sahib who you want to blame. they killed your gurus.
      but sikhs dont speak against muslims because pakistani terrorist gruops help sikh fanatics in khalistan movement. they rape 12 year old sikh girl in manchaster and gurudwara take charity from pak supermarkets. that might be the reason that fanatics dont speak against thm.

  7. jagdish tytler was born in Gujranwala(pakistan). Jagdish tytler was born to a hindu Father and Sikh Mother. He was later brought up by educationist James Douglas Tytler, the founder of Delhi Public School and several other schools. Upon, his influence he converted to Christianity and changed his surname. So

    What you Call this Man?
    A hindu because he born to hindu father.
    A Muslim because he was born in a Muslim State.
    A Sikh because his mother who bought he up was a Sikh women.
    or a Cristian because he converted to Christianity.

    Think for a minute you blame hindus for 1984.

    1984 was driived by Indra gandhi death. two sikhs shot indra gandhi without even thinking that what will happen to sikhs in all over country. I dont blame them both because they were brainwashed.
    Now you say that indra gandhi demolished that golden temple thats why sikhs assasinated her.

    Why those who you say warriors hide in gurudwara. They used harmandir sahib beacuse they were aware it will be very difficult for govt to attack a gurudwara. there are manny sikh fanatics still hiding in gurudwaras abroad.
    Bhindrawla and manny sikhs was trained in pakistan. Even pakistanis know this and they say this on there media. they used khalistani movement to pressurise india govt for kashmir. but they failed.

    • To be fair mate k.s brar sumedh saini kps gill are also mentioned and they are all apparantly sikhs and the sikh nations holds them responsible also for atrocities so your point is very much invalid.

      • Most of the soldiers in bluestar was sikh and aware what was going inside the harmandar sahib. there was a factory of weapons inside gurudwara. You sikhs need to sort your ego. Show your ego to muslim who raped 12 year old girl last month. or one raped inside nankana sahib. you will not you know why beacuse.
        paki supermarkets give money to your gurudwara commettee. i saw with my own eyes in gurudwaras. sikh religion will be like islam in few years time.

  8. What do you hope from British Government.They were the ones who were famous for jalianwala, hanging of bhagat singh and udham singh .I can’t believe that Sikhs are relying on foreign governments.It is best to challenge tytler in indian courts and do dharnas outside his residence rather than scaring people in UK.The result is going to be far more positive.Do nukkad nataks in india and make people aware that how the sikhs were treated.

    In india it is not the religion , it is actually money which diverts the justice.Everoyone knows that corruption came from west during raj.The rich escapes the law with all thanks to corruption.The corrupt officers are from religious background as well.Naina sahni,katara ,etc were killed by goons and still enjoying their time despite protests from public.We should ask parliament to make laws to deliver justice in time rather than dragging for years in various courts.

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