VANCOUVER, CANADA: On the day earlier than the Khalistan Referendum, a big rally was held in Surrey, British Columbia, with members of the Sikh neighborhood marching for a two-kilometre distance carrying Khalistan flags.
The rally was held towards India and a centre for voting was established on the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara.
Throughout the rally, the individuals chanted slogans equivalent to “Delhi bane ka khalasa,” “Lay keh Rahain homosexual khalasa,” “Punjab Banay Ga Khalistan” and “Azad Khalistan,” with enthusiasm and fervour.
The individuals additionally demanded justice for Shaheed Hardeep Singh Nijjar, urging the authorities to take motion towards his killers.
The attendants appreciated the stance of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who has publicly accused India of killing the Sikh chief and looking a number of different Canadian Sikhs, condemning state terrorism by the Indian authorities that occurred inside Canada.
Rally individuals vowed to protect the values and imaginative and prescient of Nijjar, who met a tragic finish by the hands of Indian brokers in June. They passionately chanted slogans equivalent to “Hardeep Nijjar tera khatil kon? Hindustan, Hindustan!“
Wanting forward, a number of thousand Sikhs are set to participate within the upcoming October 29 (Sunday) referendum. A mere three months in the past, 135,000 Sikhs rallied in assist of the Sikh trigger at Gurunanak Sikh Gurdwara in British Columbia.
Addressing the Council of Khalistan, President Dr Bakhshish Singh Sandhu said that the Sikh nation is in search of from India the an identical proper employed by India in the course of the annexation of the Junagadh state in 1948.
He mentioned the worldwide neighborhood stands in solidarity with the Sikh nation of their pursuit of Punjab’s freedom, which they intend to realize by a referendum, whereby the proper to vote could be exercised.
Dr Sandhu means that the proper to conduct a referendum is granted by international locations to their residents. He said that the assassination of Nijjar had united the complete Sikh nation.
Dr Sandhu has conveyed that, in response to the Canadian authorities, the Indian authorities has a connection to the homicide of Nijjar as Trudeau has indicated that his nation possesses important proof associated to the Sikh chief’s homicide.
Sikhs memorialised Nijjar — murdered earlier than the referendum — by displaying his footage exterior the Gurdwara.
A large board that includes footage of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and India’s Ambassador to Canada, Jay Krishna, was erected in entrance of the Gurunanak Singh Sikh Gurudwara in Vancouver.
The photographs function a method of conveying that the people liable for Niijar’s homicide are of Indian origin, as said by Dr Sindhu.
Nijjar served because the chief coordinator of the Khalistan Referendum marketing campaign in Canada and had a robust affiliation with Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a Khalistani chief based mostly within the US. Pannun holds the place of Counsel Basic inside Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), the advocacy group overseeing the worldwide Khalistan Referendum efforts.
Nijjar, Pannun, UK-based Paramjeet Singh Pamma and others had been designated “terrorists” by the Indian authorities in 2020.
He was additionally President of Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in British Columbia – Canada’s greatest Gurdawara.
The Khalistan Referendum voting marketing campaign is being organised below the supervision of the unbiased Punjab Referendum Fee (PRC) which can announce the outcomes when all phases are accomplished.
The voting started on October 31, 2021, in London, UK and has up to now been held in a number of cities throughout the UK, Geneva Switzerland, Rome and Milan (Italy), Australian cities of Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney; and Canadian cities of Brampton, Mississauga, Malton (Ontario), and Vancouver (British Columbia).