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EDM 1890 - Anniversary Of Anti-Sikh Pogroms

 

This Early Day Motion concerning the genocide of Sikhs in November 1984 against tens of thousands of innocent Sikhs. The Early Day Motions (EDM) reproduced below are currently tabled in the British Parliament and expose the injustices against Sikhs over the last 20 years. This motion condemn the Indian authorities and call on action from the UK Government and the international community against the Indian authorities. The EDM is followed by a list of the UK MPs that have signed the:

That this House remembers with sadness the 20th anniversary of the November 1984 anti-Sikh pogroms when thousands of innocent Sikhs were killed or injured across India; notes with pleasure the many positive changes that have since taken place in India where the current Prime Minister is a Sikh; and expresses the hope that the Government of India will continue to pursue the path of reconciliation in relation to those events by instituting an inquiry into them that can bring closure to the victims and relatives of those who suffered at that time.

Primary Sponsor - Dominic Grieve (Conservative Party) Constituency: Beaconsfield
9th November 2004

Peter Ainsworth Conservative Party East Surrey
Michael Ancram Conservative Party Devizes
David Atkinson Conservative Party Bournemouth East
Peter Atkinson Conservative Party Hexham
Tim Boswell Conservative Party Daventry
Graham Brady Conservative Party Altrincham and Sale West
Julian Brazier Conservative Party Canterbury
John Butterfill Conservative Party Bournemouth West
Sydney Chapman Conservative Party Chipping Barnet
Michael Fabricant Conservative Party Lichfield
Adrian Flook Conservative Party Taunton
Mark Francois Conservative Party Rayleigh
Edward Garnier Conservative Party Harborough
Cheryl Gillan Conservative Party Chesham and Amersham
Dominic Grieve Conservative Party Beaconsfield
Oliver Heald Conservative Party North East Hertfordshire
Charles Hendry Conservative Party Wealden
Gerald Howarth Conservative Party Aldershot
Julie Kirkbride Conservative Party Bromsgrove
Jacqui Lait Conservative Party Beckenham
Oliver Letwin Conservative Party West Dorset
Julian Lewis Conservative Party New Forest East
Tim Loughton Conservative Party East Worthing and Shoreham
David Maclean Conservative Party Penrith and The Border
Humfrey Malins Conservative Party Woking
Theresa May Conservative Party Maidenhead
Andrew Murrison Conservative Party Westbury
Marion Roe Conservative Party Broxbourne
Jonathan Sayeed Conservative Party Mid Bedfordshire
Andrew Selous Conservative Party South West Bedfordshire
Caroline Spelman Conservative Party Meriden
Bob Spink Conservative Party Castle Point
Gary Streeter Conservative Party South West Devon
John Taylor Conservative Party Solihull
Angela Watkinson Conservative Party Upminster
David Wilshire Conservative Party Spelthorne
     
Roger Berry Labour Party Kingswood
Valerie Davey Labour Party Bristol West
Mike Gapes Labour Party Ilford South
Andy King Labour Party Rugby and Kenilworth
Rob Marris Labour Party Wolverhampton South West
James Plaskitt Labour Party Warwick and Leamington
Ken Purchase Labour Party Wolverhampton North East
Marsha Singh Labour Party Bradford West
Mark Todd Labour Party South Derbyshire
     
Mike Hancock Liberal Democrats Portsmouth South
Jenny Tonge Liberal Democrats Richmond Park
Paul Tyler Liberal Democrats North Cornwall
     
Sylvia Hermon Ulster Unionist Party North Down
Martin Smyth Ulster Unionist Party Belfast South
   
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