NEW DELHI – According to Times of India, Lt Colonel Shahid Mehmood Malhi,from ISI is the Pakistani Army brain behind Referendum 2020, a movement inCanada and European countries to reopen the Khalistani demand, which hasunnerved India domestically and globally.
The Khalistan demand has rose European countries and North America. Whilethe Trudeau government has often been accused of being soft on Khalistanis,in UK has been supported by the left-wing Green Party.
The Sikhs for Justice are planning an event in London called Referendum2020 and it’s learnt that ISI Colonel might be the brains behind themovement who was heading ISI’s Lahore detachment.
He was commissioned into the 25thBattalion of the Baloch Regiment andbecame a Lt Colonel on August 10, 2012.
He was part of UN mission in Kosovo. It’s learnt that the movement is beingcalled Operation Express and will be launched on 6 June 2020, the 36thanniversaryof Operation Bluestar.
Kashmiri separatists in London are supporting the pro-Khalistani Sikhs fortheir Referendum 2020.
The Press Conference of World Kashmir Freedom Movement, Kashmir PatrioticForum International and Overseas Pakistani Welfare Organisation was hostedby UK based known Khalistani activist Paramjeet Singh Pamma whom Indiatried to extradite from Portugal.
‘On August 12, we will unveil the case for Sikhs right toself-determination as guaranteed in UN Charter and International Covenanton Civil and Political Rights’, said Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, legal advisorof Sikhs for Justice. On the same day at Trafalgar Square, a large numberof Indians living in UK will gather to celebrate 71th years of India’sIndependence.
*Left-wing Green Party supports pro-Khalistan rally*
Britain’s left-wing Green Party threw its support behind the pro-Khalistanrally planned at Trafalgar Square in London on Sunday, an event opposed byIndia.
The co-leader of the political party, which campaigns for environmentallyfriendly policies, spoke out in favour of the “London Declaration” for a”Referendum 2020 campaign seeking a “sovereign state of Khalistan”, beingorganised by US-based group Sikhs for Justice.
“Sikh people have a right to determine for themselves whether they want toestablish an independent Punjabi state, said Caroline Lucas, the party’sonly elected MP in the House of Commons.
“I stand in solidarity with all those joining the London Declaration, andthose fighting discrimination and campaigning for a referendum around theworld,” she said.
The first open support from a British MP for the controversial rally cameas the UK government reiterated its stance on the issue had remainedunchanged.
A UK government spokesperson had said in a statement last month: In the UKpeople have the right to gather together and to demonstrate their views,provided that they do so within the law. India has registered its formalopposition to the event through a demarche when news of the rally emergedin July, with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) saying it expected theUK government would not allow any such group whose intention was to spreadhatred and impact our bilateral relations to use UK soil for such a rally.
Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) says the rally is intended to raise awareness for anon-binding referendum in 2020, calling for the Sikh-majority state ofPunjab to be granted independence.
“It is the success of the British Sikh community, which sent more than47,000 emails to their MPs urging them to support London Declaration andoppose India’s interference, said Paramjeet Singh Pamma, one of theorganisers and UK-based Khalistani activist wanted in India over hisalleged involvement in bombings in Punjab in 2010 charges he denies.
Scotland Yard said it had not received any complaints regarding the eventon Sunday, which will be allowed to go ahead without any restrictions.
There are no restrictions on the event and we have not received anycomplaints. An appropriate and proportionate policing plan is in place, aMetropolitan Police spokesperson said.