Amid Rally Controversy, NDP’s Singh Rejects Terrorism, Preaches ‘Love, Courage’

Amid Rally Controversy, NDP’s Singh Rejects Terrorism, Preaches ‘Love, Courage’
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh speaks at a press conference as he unveils the NDP's top priorities ahead of the federal budget on Feb. 13, 2018. The Canadian Press/ Patrick Doyle
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OTTAWA—NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has issued a blanket condemnation of terrorist acts following media reports about his attendance at a California rally three years ago that sang the praises of Sikh separatism and a violent religious leader killed during the 1984 invasion of India’s Golden Temple.

On March 14, Singh issued a statement in which he condemned all acts of terrorism, regardless of who is responsible, after the Globe and Mail disclosed that he attended and spoke at the 2015 rally in San Francisco, an event billed as a commemoration of Sikhs who died during the bloody 1984 invasion in Amritsar.