ONTARIO, Canada—Jagmeet singh, a Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) at the Legislative Assembly of Ontario has spoken about the ongoing plight of Bapu Surat Singh, the elderly Californian man who gave up his life in the west to take up this protest for the freedom of political prisoners in India. Prisoners who continue to be incarcerated in India’s jails despite having serve their sentence terms.
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Jagmeet Singh said, “Bapu ji is an 82 year old man who has been on hunger strike for over 245 days now. He is protesting the mistreatment of political prisoners detained by the Government of India and the State Government of Punjab.
“These are prisoners who have already served significant time in custody and are eligible for release under government discretion.
“However, the government disproportionately withholds this discretionary release from political prisoners and in particular Sikh prisoners.
“Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa’s peaceful struggle raises awareness of the plight of political prisoners not only in India but also around the world.
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u Surat Singh and his son Ravinderjit Singh have been arrested for this peaceful protest. In fact Bapu ji has been hospitalized and forcefully fed through a feeding tube. Despite this Bapu ji remains committed to his struggle.”
The speech in the assembly was then met with a resounding round of applause.
