ALL SIKHS CONTACT THE BBC SOUTHALL NAGAR KIRTAN - BHAI BALWANT SINGH JI RAJOANA

SOUTHALL NAGAR KIRTAN - RALLY IN SUPPORT OF BHAI BALWANT SINGH JI RAJOANA

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To Whom it may concern,

We invite BBC London News to Southall on the 25th of March 2012 to cover the Sikh Vaisakhi Procession (Nagar Kirtan)celebrating the birth of the Sikh brotherhood the Khalsa Panth established in 1699.

This year the Nagar Kirtan will have special significance as it will a focal point for all UK Sikhs who will also use the event to rally support for Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana - a Sikh Political Prisoner who is to be hanged on the 31st of March 2012 by the Indian State.

Sikhs across the World have been outraged by this decision which comes after 17 years of detention in prison.He was impriosned in the Assassination case of former Panjab Chief Minister Beant Singh - who was responsible for the extra judicial killings of over 250,000 Sikhs in Panjab during the early 90's.Balwant Singhs close friend Dilavar Singh assassinated Beant Singh in 1995 in order to put a stop the brutal oppression against the people of Panjab .All this has been covered by Human Rights Groups & Amnesty International.

With over 200,000 people expected to attend the Southall Procession will be the biggest gathering of Sikhs in relation to Vaisakhi as well the hanging of Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana who's story has captured the hearts of millions of Sikhs across the World & in the wider UK.Sikhs will gather at 12am at Sri Guru Singh Sabha Havelock Road Southall - where the procession will start and will end at Sri Guru Singh Sabha Park Avenue at 5pm throughout the procession there will be thousands of Sikh Nishan Sahibs(Sikh Flags),Placards,Posters,Stickers representing support for Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana & Sikh Freedom - Self Determination in the form of a Sikh State - Khalistan.All of the UK's Sikh organisations will be in attendance and are united behind Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana

We kindly invite your newsteam to cover this event along with the wider BBC such as National News,BBC Radios & BBC World

Here is a video which tells Balwant Singh Rajoana's story

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOSpEevDVQ8

Yours Sincerely

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