Document #1127437
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
For information on the above-mentioned
topic, please consult the attached package received from the
Canadian head office of the World Sikh Organization in Ottawa. Also
please see the two India Abroad articles, one on the decision of
the Badal and Amritsar (Mann) factions of the Akali Dal to strive
for unity, and the other on the exclusion of Simranjit Singh Mann
from the new merger.
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the DIRB 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.
Attachments
India Abroad [Toronto]. 11 August 1995.
Arbaksh Singh Nanda. "Punjab: Unified Akali Dal Keeps Out Mann," p.
6.
_____. 3 March 1995. "Punjab: Warring
Akali Dal Groups Unite," p. 8.
World Sikh Organization (WSO), Ottawa.
11 September 1996. Information package sent to the DIRB.