The demand for a separate Sikh state of Khalistan in India and New Delhi's alleged involvement in assassination of dissidents had morphed into a diplomatic crisis with Canada. Here is how 👇.
The demand for a separate Sikh state of Khalistan in India and New Delhi's alleged involvement in assassination of dissidents had morphed into a diplomatic crisis with Canada. Here is how 👇.Khalistan-linked separatists have fled India and become prominent in Canadian politics. / Photo: AP
By 1980, Sikh separatism had begun to creep up slowly, with many separatist leaders calling for a separate Sikh Nation – Khalistan, as the Indian government refused to entertain the idea of granting more autonomy to Punjab.hosted by India became the flash point of protest and controversy, with Sikh organisations taking the protest to playing fields.In 1983, Presidential rule was imposed in Punjab and elected assembly was dissolved as violence surged and political tensions escalated.
Many of these Sikhs migrated to Europe, the United States, and Canada, where they established influential and politically active communities. The Sikh diaspora has pushed forward the idea of Khalistan and lobbied for international pressure on India to hold the perpetrators of rights violations against Sikhs accountable.In 2020, many Sikh organisations, including those based in Canada, began to call for a referendum in Indian Punjab to determine the fate of a separate state.
Washington claimed an Indian national, working with an Indian government official, had attempted to hire a hitman for $100,000 to kill Pannun on American soil. The scheme unravelled because the hitman was an undercover federal agent.
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