Chandigarh, Aug. 26 -- The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Monday passed a resolution appealing to the US government to take a humanitarian view of truck driver Harjinder Singh's case and appealed to the Union government to extend consular and legal assistance to the Sikh youth. The resolution was passed during a meeting of the leadership from six districts of the state under the chairmanship of party president Sukhbir Singh Badal. The meeting also decided to conduct a historic political conference at Moga on August 31 which has been designated as a Fateh rally to lay out the party programme to take on centrist parties which have ruined Punjab. Speaking about the resolution on Harjinder Singh, Sukhbir the Sikh youth deserved a fair trial. "Punjabis were deeply hurt to learn that Harjinder was produced in court without a turban which was an inseparable and sacred article of faith for every Sikh," he said. htc...