When it was G20 in Amritsar, Sikhs responded with a P-20, where Sikh political parties and groups presented the Punjab and Sikh perspectives. Now when the annual G20 meeting with heads of state convenes in Delhi, minorities and nationalities from across the Indian subcontinent will meet in Delhi prior to the G20 to present their perspective to the G20 group in areas of social, religious, and political developments that concern them. A WSN Report.

TO PRESENT THE PERSPECTIVE OF MINORITIES AND NATIONALITIES before the G-20, the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) and the Dal Khalsa have decided to convene the M & N 20 Conclave on 7th September in New Delhi,  coinciding with the G-20 summit where heads and foreign dignitaries of 19 countries and the EU are arriving to attend it.

Addressing a joint press conference in Amritsar, Akali Dal Amritsar leader and Member Parliament Simranjit Singh Mann and Dal Khalsa leader Kanwar Pal Singh said at the time when 20 countries of the world will be meeting in the Indian capital New Delhi on Sep 9-10, it is natural that 20 minorities and nationalities should also convene to take stock of the religious, social, economic and political climate of the sub-continent from a context which the G20 countries are likely to either ignore or put aside.

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“Marking the culmination of its G-20 presidency, when India under Narendra Modi will be presenting its so-called achievements and potentials, we, the oppressed people have our side of the story to tell the world community including the visiting US president Joe Biden, and India has a lot to answer too,” said Mann.

“We will tell our tale of woes, Muslims will tell theirs, likewise Christians will tell theirs. Similarly, Nagas, Kashmiris, Tamils, Manipuris, and tribals will put forth their pain and concerns,” added Kanwar Pal Singh, senior leader of Dal Khalsa.

“The leaders said minorities were reeling under a majoritarian dispensation in India. They said the present term of the Narendra Modi government has seen a downhill ride for minorities.”

Listing the issues related to Punjab and the Sikhs, the fiery Member of parliament from Sangrur Simranjit Singh Mann said,  “We are witnessing direct and unashamed interference in Sikh religious affairs through blasphemous acts, misguided legislation and judicial intervention, miscarriage of justice in the release of political prisoners who have surpassed their prison terms, gross misuse of NSA, UAPA, misadventures of the NIA, continued abrogation of water rights of Punjab, governance and police management by proxy from New Delhi and extrajudicial killings in the Sikh diaspora.”

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Kanwar Pal Singh said the fear psychosis of Muslims, the injustices to Dalits, the total suppression of human rights and mass detentions of Kashmiri activists, the continued incarceration without trial of dissenters -lawyers, activists, ideologues -from Shaheen Bagh to Bhima Koregaon, the Manipur horror and state-sponsored violence in Manipur and Nuh and backtracking of New Delhi in honouring Indo-Naga peace agreement will figure in the deliberations during the M&N 20 conclave.

Spokesman of Dal Khalsa Paramjit Singh Mand told the media that the views shared during the event will be forwarded to G20 countries through their embassies in Delhi.