:dateline:Various�prominent Sikh organizations�held a meeting in Civil Hospital of Ludhiana to trigger the struggle commenced by Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa. �Bapu Ji has been holding a hunger strike for infinite period for the release of Sikh prisoners who have completed their jail sentences. �It was decided to hold a protest march on February 18 from Civil Hospital Ludhiana to the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Office to submit a memorandum for the�Governor of Punjab.
Sikh leaders�stated that the Government is pressurizing the family of Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa through police to terminate his hunger strike. They added that Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa is firm to his path and he will never let the conspiracies of Government become fruitful.
Physique of Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa is weakening day by day. �His family members from abroad are accompanying him in hospital, and want him to fulfill his ardas. His family appealed to the Sikh Nation to hold protest marches wearing black turbans across all over the world to convey the message of Bapu Ji�s strike.
