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Ruby Dhalla wants Canadian govt to apologise,
India yet to move
WSN Network

JALANDHAR: Even as visiting Canadian MP Ruby Dhalla has now said that she would impress upon Prime Minister Stephen Harper to apologise on behalf of the Canadian Federal government to India and especially the Punjabi community for forcing the return of the Kamagata Maru ship in 1914, the world must know that Kamagata Maru passengers have not yet been accorded the status of freedom fighters by the Indian government.

Malwinderjit Singh Waraich, activist and writer, who had filed a public interest litigation in the Punjab and Haryana High Court in 2003, said it was ironical that while a foreign government was appreciating the sentiments, achievements and sacrifice of the freedom fighters, India remained apathetic. "The same is the case with Kuka Martyrs of 1872. They are of Malerkotla fame. I had also fought for their recognition as freedom fighters through a PIL in 2003," he said.

The Canadian government is yet to apologise for the Kamagata Maru episode in which 376 passengers, largely Punjabis, were turned back by the then government after spending two months on the high seas off the coast of Canada.

Canadian House of Commons member and Liberal Party MP from Brampton-Springdale constituency, Dhalla said she had brought the matter not only to the notice of the Canadian government, but had even raised it in Parliament.

6 February 2008
 

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