Dokument #1175248
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
References to Kuldip Singh Wadala (a.k.a.
Vadala) are brief among the sources consulted by the Research
Directorate.
In August 1985 Kuldip Singh Vadala was a
party official of the Akali Dal (Reuters 22 Aug. 1985).
In May 1988 Kuldip Singh Vadala was one of
six leaders of the Unified Akali Dal who were arrested under the
National Security Act, along with Punjab's former chief minister
Prakash Singh Badal (New Delhi Home Service 29 May 1988).
In November 1990 Kuldip Singh Wadala was
the party general secretary of the Akali Dal (Badal) (All-India
Radio 25 Nov. 1990).
In the May 1993 by-election for the
Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat in Punjab, Kuldip Singh Vadala of the
Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) was defeated by his Congress rival,
Umrao Singh (ibid. 22 May 1993).
A March 1997 and a January 1998 article in
The Hindu refer to Kuldip Singh Wadala as the president of
the Akali Dal (Democratic) (29 Mar. 1997; 27 Jan. 1998).
Information on the years in which Wadala
(Vadala) was a member of the S.G.P.C., when he was in the
Legislative Assembly, and whether he ran in any elections in 1997
and could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research
Directorate.
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is
not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any
particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the
list of additional sources consulted in researching this
Information Request.
References
All-India Radio [in English]. 22 May
1993. "Parliamentary, Assembly By-Election Results." (BBC Summary
25 May 1993/NEXIS)
_____ [Delhi Home Service, in English].
25 November 1990. "Akali-Dal Leaders Arrested in Punjab." (BBC
Summary 26 Nov. 1990/NEXIS)
The Hindu [Chennai/Madras]. 27
January 1998. "India Akali Factions to Extend 'Issue-Based' Support
to PM." (NEXIS)
_____. 29 March 1997. "India 'Withdraw
Cases Against Badal, Tohra'." (NEXIS)
New Delhi Home Service [New Delhi, in
Hindi]. 29 May 1988. "Former Punjab Chief Minister Detained." (BBC
Summary 30 May 1998/NEXIS)
Reuters. 22 August 1985. PM Cycle.
Chaitanya Kalbag. "The murder of Harchand Singh Longowal... ."
(NEXIS)
Additional Sources Consulted
Country Reports on Human Rights
Practices for 1997. 1998.
India Abroad [Toronto]. 13
March 1998. "Election '98: The Verdict."
India Today. n.d. "India Votes
'98." [Internet] http://www.indiavotes.com
Electronic sources: Internet, IRB
Databases, LEXIS/NEXIS, WNC.