Document #1127437

IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)

Information received from the Canadian head office of the World Sikh Organization in Ottawa further to Response to Information Request IND24766.E of 17 August 1996 on the Mann faction of the Akali Dal [IND25292.E]

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.

ecoi.net description:
Information received from the Canadian head office of the World Sikh Organization in Ottawa further to Response to Information Request IND24766.E of 17 August 1996 on the Mann faction of the Akali Dal [IND25292.E]
Country:
India
Source:
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
Document type:
Response
Language:
English
Published:
25 September 1996
Document ID:
1127437 (former ID 180206)

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