Let's chat about the Sikh Caucus. So what's a caucus? A Congressional caucus is a group of members of the U.S. Congress who agree to throw their support behind a particular interest, or a specific community. (1/8)
The group representing the community's concerns and interests reaches out and initiates the process and sets the ball in motion and a caucus is created (2/8)
In a caucus the congressional representatives who join, cooperatively pursue common legislative goals as per the desired agenda of the interest group which sought its creation, in this case the Sikhs, who determine its agenda. (3/8)
The Armenian Caucus is an example of how a caucus can benefit a community and how an issue like the Armenian genocide can be raised in congress. (4/8)
If the Armenian Caucus were to be infiltrated with Turkish caucus members who deny the genocide, then the Armenian caucus would be doomed to begin with. (5/8)
Sadly, this is the case for the Sikh Caucus. Out of 33 Sikh Caucus founding members, at least 12 (1/3) were also India Caucus members who support the Modi Agenda. This number has now reached 50%. (6/8)
At the founding of the Sikh Caucus, it was affirmed that the members of the Sikh Caucus, "will not use this platform for 'foreign issues', including the 1984 anti-Sikh riots." (7/8)
You think the Sikh Caucus looks out for the welfare of Sikhs in America? Yeh, and turtles can fly. (8/8)
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