INDIA/PAKISTAN: In a extremely controversial occasion, that many have referred to as anti-national, some Khalistan parts tried to use the Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara in Pakistan for anti-India actions.

The pro-Khalistani group banned in India, Sikh for Justice (SFJ), is a US-based secessionist group that helps the separation of Punjab from India to create a brand new nation-state referred to as Khalistan.

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The group launched footage of ‘Ardas’ (prayers) being carried out for the success of Khalistan referendum voting in Canada, ranging from September 18.

SFJ terrorist Paramjit Pamma had licensed and lauded the transfer.

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The banned pro-Khalistani group launched a video of prayers being completed on the Sikh holy website in Pakistan. It is to be emphasised that India had already raised their issues about attainable Khalistani propaganda at Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara manner again in 2019.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Manjinder Singh Sirsa spoke to Republic TV over the incident and mentioned, “Pakistan has nothing to do with the Sikh religion. They just want to create an anti-India atmosphere. They want to disturb the atmosphere in Punjab.”

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“People like Paramjit Pamma do propaganda against India,” Sirsa informed Republic. He mentioned that Pakistan instigate the gurudwara devotees to go towards India. “This incident clearly shows that Pakistan is using the Sikh religion to disturb the atmosphere in Punjab,” Sirsa added.

BJP chief RP Singh additionally condemned the act and criticized the pro-Khalistani group for spreading anti-India propaganda that threatens the safety of India.

He additional mentioned that the terrorist group can solely dream of a separate nation-state referred to as Khalistan as a result of finally nothing will likely be achieved by the group.

“Pakistan keeps on instigating Sikhs and Kashmiri across the border… It is highly condemnable,” RP Singh informed Republic. “The Gurudwara committee at the Nankana Sahib should immediately apologise for allowing ardas for Khalistan. Anything to disintegrate this country will not be acceptable,” he added.

“The Sikh For Justice (SFJ) can only dream of Khalistan they will never be going to achieve anything. Sikhs by large don’t accept the theory of Khalistan. None of the Sikhs in India will like to talk about Khalistan,” RP Singh to Republic.

It is pertinent to notice that the Indian authorities has blacklisted SFJ, a separatist group, and has labelled it “illegal”. Moreover, following the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act of 1967 (UAPA), the Indian authorities banned SFJ in July 2019 for encouraging secession and inciting violent militancy in Punjab in addition to the 2020 Sikh referendum. 

In specific, their operations tried to extreme cross-cultural and cross-religious ties and destabilise the peace and communal concord within the Punjab state.

The Khalistan motion is a Sikh separatist motion, that goals to create a separate homeland for Sikhs referred to as ‘Khalistan’ (or ‘Land of the Khalsas’) that would come with elements of erstwhile pre-colonial Punjab, now in each India and Pakistan.

The separatist motion emerged within the wake of the autumn of the British empire, someday within the Nineteen Eighties, and garnered some help inside India and the Sikh diaspora through the notorious Operation Blue Star.

The incident was a secretive navy operation launched by the then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, to eradicate three outstanding Sikh figures (rumoured to be related to the Khalistani motion) from one of many holiest websites in India, the Golden Temple.

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