Bhajan Singh (OFMI)

Chicago policy institute with lies about Republican support for Narendra Modi: says OFMI

Washington, D.C. (November 27, 2013): According to press release sent to the Sikh Siyasat News by Organization for Minorities of India (OFMI): [t]he rising problem of foreign interference in the U.S. political arena took on startling reality last week when Shalli Kumar, a business tycoon who heads the Chicago-based National Indian American Public Policy Institute (NIAPPI), was caught distributing materials which used names and photos of several prominent Republican congressional representatives to fraudulently suggest they are supporting Narendra Modi, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) nominee for Prime Minister of India.

Gandhi Celebration cancelled as Fresno State Students March for Truth on Gandhi

Fresno, CA (October 09, 2013): According to a press statement sent to the Sikh Siyasat News (SSN) by the Organization for Minorities of India (OFMI) October dawned to brewing controversy as California brims with protests against public celebration of Mohandas Gandhi. The latest is at Fresno State University (FSU) where an October 5 celebration planned in honor of the Indian politician's 144 birthday was cancelled when students responded by organizing a “March for Truth on Gandhi.”

White House yanks petition to reassess Obama’s hero Gandhi

Washington, DC, (February 14, 2013): Early Thursday afternoon, the Obama administration removed from its “We the People” website a petition asking the president to reassess Gandhi. South Asian American community leaders who endorsed the petition said they were deeply disappointed in the administration’s resort to censoring free speech.

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