AMRITSAR, Aug. 12 -- Shiromani Akali Dal (Punar Surjit) president Giani Harpreet Singh on Tuesday said the party would participate in the August 15 event announced by Qaumi Insaaf Morcha for the release of Sikh prisoners.

"Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the 1995 assassination case of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, has been in prison for the past 31 years. Awarded the death sentence in 2007, he has since remained confined to a death-row cell. Another convict in the same case, Jagtar Singh Hawara's mother, is ailing, yet he has not even been granted parole. The governments have stopped listening to the demands. The party has decided to participate in the programme announced by the Qaumi Insaaf Morcha on August 15 to gherao th...