<p>Twenty eight years after the anti-Sikh riots in India, a petition has been tabled in Australian Parliament seeking to recognise the 1984 violence as "genocide".<br /><br /></p>.<p>The petition was moved by federal MP Warren Enstch yesterday.<br /><br />Tabling the petition, Enstch said that as long as the 1984 events "continue to be referred to as 'anti-Sikh riots' there can be no closure for the Sikh community."<br /><br />The petition, with 4,453 signatures, urged the Australian Parliament to recognise the violence against Sikh community in November 1984 as "genocide."<br /><br />It also called on the Australian government to urge Indian government to take "all reasonable measures" to bring those responsible for the 1984 violence to justice.<br />It was the first time that the issue had been raised in the Australian Parliament.<br />Australia's Sikh community had enlisted the help of Entsch to have this country recognise the violence.<br /><br />Hundreds of Sikhs thronged the Australian capital Canberra yesterday to participate in the event where Enstch, the North Queensland MP, read the petition, according to a media statement issued by Sikhs for Justice group.</p>
<p>Twenty eight years after the anti-Sikh riots in India, a petition has been tabled in Australian Parliament seeking to recognise the 1984 violence as "genocide".<br /><br /></p>.<p>The petition was moved by federal MP Warren Enstch yesterday.<br /><br />Tabling the petition, Enstch said that as long as the 1984 events "continue to be referred to as 'anti-Sikh riots' there can be no closure for the Sikh community."<br /><br />The petition, with 4,453 signatures, urged the Australian Parliament to recognise the violence against Sikh community in November 1984 as "genocide."<br /><br />It also called on the Australian government to urge Indian government to take "all reasonable measures" to bring those responsible for the 1984 violence to justice.<br />It was the first time that the issue had been raised in the Australian Parliament.<br />Australia's Sikh community had enlisted the help of Entsch to have this country recognise the violence.<br /><br />Hundreds of Sikhs thronged the Australian capital Canberra yesterday to participate in the event where Enstch, the North Queensland MP, read the petition, according to a media statement issued by Sikhs for Justice group.</p>