*NEW YORK – India faced huge embarassment as the Sikh community protestedoutside the monumental building of United Nations (UN) Headquartersfollowing Indian Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj’s strikingspeech at the UN General Assembly session on Saturday. *
Railing against India, the Sikh community raised slogans in favor ofKhalistan and giving it a status of a new state.
The activists reminded India that their atrocities over Sikhs can not lastlonger, “the day is not far when a new state of Sikhs will be established”.
Calling Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi a killer of Sikhs and Muslims,the demonstrators demanded India to hold a referendum in 2020 in entirePunjab.
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“If referendum is conducted then 90 percent of the Sikh community will votefor a separate state,” the protesters said.
Moreover, Sushma Swaraj, during her speech tried to mislead theinternational community by accusing Pakistan of sabotaging allopportunities for peace talks.
