SIKHS DEMONSTRATE IN D.C. PARK

Sikhs staged a rally yesterday in Lafayette Park, marking the Indian "Festival of Light" and the second anniversary of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's assassination.

About 40 Sikhs gathered to protest alleged Indian government involvement in the deaths of 20,000 Sikhs in the days following Gandhi's death.

Gandhi was killed by two of her Sikh security men in apparent retaliation for her decision to send troops into the Sikhs' holiest shrine, the Golden Temple of Amritsar, to flush out extremists using it as a base for terrorist attacks, according to authorities.

A Sikh spokesman said Sikhs do not condone terrorism and that it has not been proved that Sikhs killed Gandhi.

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