New York: President-elect Donald Trump has named Republican Party activist Harmeet Dhillon, who is a supporter of the farmers’ protest in India and raised aallegations of “Indian death squads”, to be the assistant attorney general for civil rights.
“In her new role at the DOJ (Department of Justice), Harmeet will be a tireless defender of our Constitutional Rights, and will enforce our Civil Rights and Election Laws FAIRLY and FIRMLY”, Trump said on Truth Social announcing on Monday.
Trump also noted that she “is a respected member of the Sikh religious community”. On social media X, Dhillon who goes as “@pnjaban”, has expressed support for the farmers’ protest and raised what she said were “apparently Indian death squads operating in North America targeting Sikh activists”.
In a criticism of the administration of President Joe Biden, she virtually accused it of a cover-up, writing, “Our government refuses to provide details. Why”?
The mention of “death squads” was an apparent reference to the case filed against an Indian citizen and a former RAW official accusing them of plotting to kill a Khalistani activist in the US and echoes Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s accusations against India.
Mentioning her family’s agrarian roots, another post by Dhillon said, “I stand with the #FarmersProtests”!
In yet another post she urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to meet with the protesters and make a compromise.
“As the Punjab-born descendant of farmers, my heart breaks to see Punjabi farmers assaulted for protesting Indian gov’t’s pro-big-corporation farm bill that will destroy their farms, way of life, and culture. Hear them, meet with them, & compromise, PM Modi”, she posted. Another case she has filed is against a California hospital group on behalf of a woman who said that the doctors there gave her sex change treatment when she was a minor. (IANS)
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