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Canada’s Khalistani group Sikhs for Justice requests protests at Indian embassies as part of its ‘Death to India’ campaign

As part of its “Death to India” campaign, the Khalistani organization Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) has urged its followers to stage demonstrations outside Indian embassies in Canada and other countries.

The SFJ has been designated by the Indian government as an illegal organization, and any affiliation with it is forbidden.

After Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that there were “credible allegations of a potential link” between the Indian government and the execution of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada, the SFJ issued the call for demonstrations. India has vehemently denied the accusation.

A terrorist named Nijjar was assassinated in Canada’s British Columbia province in June. He served as the leader of the KTF, a group that has been classified as a terrorist organization.

The SFJ said that the day following Trudeau’s assertion, the SFJ started the “Death To India – Balkanize” campaign, which called for the “shutdown” of Indian embassies worldwide on September 25 in order to reveal the Modi regime’s evil plans to kill Khalistan Referendum Campaigners.

Khalistani leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun was described in the SFJ statement as calling the Indian missions “terror houses.”

Pannun, a terrorist with a declared status, is one of the most outspoken Khalistani figures overseas. Following his assertion that India had a hand in Nijjar’s murder, Trudeau threatened Indians residing in Canada and encouraged them to leave. Bipartisan criticism of the public threat against the Hindu population in Canada came even from Trudeau and friends who had supported the Khalistan cause in the past.

Separately, SFJ Director Jatinder Singh Grewal told Reuters on Sunday that his group would organize the protests in order to “raise public awareness about Nijjar’s killing” in front of the Indian embassies and consulates in Toronto, Ottawa, and Vancouver.

Grewal told Reuters, “We are asking Canada to expel the India ambassador.”

The Toronto Police said that it was aware of the planned demonstrations but declined to comment, according to Reuters.

“The Toronto Police Department said it was aware of the planned demonstrations on Monday but declined to disclose details of the security preparations or potential response to any violent situations that may arise during the protest,” according to Reuters.

The safe haven that the Khalistan movement, Khalistani militants, and organized criminal syndicates have found in the nation has soured ties between India and Canada for years. Since Trudeau made the claims yesterday, followed by an exchange of diplomatic blows between India and Canada, the relationship has reached a new low. A senior Indian diplomat based in Canada was dismissed after Trudeau made the remark about Nijjar’s murder, and the Canadian government revealed him to be an Indian intelligence operative. India has dismissed a Canadian diplomat stationed there who is believed to be a member of the Canadian intelligence service in retaliation.

Additionally, Canada’s visa services have been halted by India, and the Canadian embassies there have been told to reduce staff.

The Khalistan movement aims to divide India into a country named Khalistan for Sikhs. For decades, the movement in India conducted a deadly insurgency until ultimately losing steam in the 1990s. Although the insurgency decreased in the 1990s, it continued to engage in anti-Indian actions from strongholds abroad, mainly in Canada.

India issued a warning against “politically-condoned” anti-Indian actions in Canada in response to Trudeau’s accusations. The term “politically-condoned” refers to Trudeau, his party and supporters, and his government’s backing of the Khalistan cause and anti-Indian groups in Canada.

 

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