TORONTO – Sikhs for Justice has challenged Indian minister of externalaffairs S. Jaishankar for a live TV debate as Modi-led government issued ademarche to Canada over Khalistan referendum.
New Delhi served a demarche to the Justin Trudeau government asking it tostop the Khalistan Referendum organized by the pro-Khalistan secessionistgroup Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) in Ontario on November 6.
The demarche was served to a senior official of the Canadian HighCommission in India by a senior Ministry of External Affairs official andthe same will be conveyed by the Indian Embassy in Ottawa to Global Affairs.
New Delhi has reminded the Canadian govt of the bombing of the EmperorKanishka aircraft (Air India flight 182) in 1985 which blew up over theAtlantic Ocean killing all 329 aboard, including 268 Canadian citizens.
The SFJ immediately shot back and challenged S. Jaishankar for a live TVdebate. In a statement issued from Toronto, the SFJ denouncing anddeclaring the Air India Flight 182 Bombing as the most horrific and worstever act of terrorism against the Canadians. The SFJ released a video fromKanishka Memorial in Toronto challenging that there is clear evidence thatTalwinder Singh Parmar was never charged or convicted while Indiandiplomats Surinder Malik, Brij Mohan Lal and Davinder Singh Ahluwalia wereremoved in July 1985 after Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)unearthed evidence of Indian Spy Network in Canada responsible fordestabilization activities.
Pointing to evidence of India’s role in Kanishka bombing, SFJ GeneralCounsel Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in his video message challenged India’sMinister for External Affairs to “hold a live debate on TV with SFJ on whoIs behind Kanishka Bombing – India or Pro Khalistan Sikhs?”.
Pannun, a New York registered lawyer, raised the following specificquestions on the role of India in Kanishka tragedy: why Indian DiplomatsSurinder Malik, Brij Mohan Lal and Davinder Singh Ahluwalia were removed inJuly 1985 From Canada; why India never filed any criminal case againstRipudaman Malik and Talwinder Singh Parmar on the charges of their allegedinvolvement in Kanishka Bombing; why Ripudaman Singh was issued visa andallowed to visit India in 1994; why Indian Banks issued $200 Million Lineof Credit to Ripudaman Malik while he was facing prosecution in Canada forhis role in Air India Bombing; why Ripudaman Malik was the state guest ofthe Modi Government during 2019; why RAW Chief Samant Goel met withRipudaman in New Delhi in 2019?
Emphasizing that Khalistan is a political opinion and referendum for theindependence of Indian occupied Punjab is a peaceful and democraticinitiative, Pannun also announced to dedicate the Khalistan ReferendumVoting Centre in Vancouver to “Shaheed Bhai Talwinder Singh Parmar” who wasbaselessly accused by India for Kanishka Bombing and extra judiciallykilled by Indian security forces.
India started protesting with the Canada govt in August this year as theSFJ prepared to hold Khalistan Referendum’s first phase in Toronto on 16September which was attended by over 110,000 people for voting.