Amid India-Canada row, Indian envoy to UK Vikram Doraiswami stopped from entering Scotland Gurudwara; BJP condemns act

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ANI.A post shared by Sikh Youth UK (@sikhyouthuk) This incident comes amid the ongoing diplomatic row between India and Canada over the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar on 18 June. The ‘Sikh Youth UK’ claimed that there is an ongoing ban on Indian officials visiting the gurdwara in their official capacities. The video shows two men near the High Commissioner’s car in the parking area.

One of them is seen attempting to open the car door, which has been locked from the inside. The purported video then shows the high commissioner’s car leaving the gurudwara premises. The video then shows another man speaking to the camera that this is how any Indian ambassador or any Indian government official who visits the Gurdwara will be treated.

“We know what games they are playing, what’s happening in Canada. The Canadian PM has openly condemned India and expelled Indian diplomats," he said in the video as reported by news agency ANI. First reported by TOI, a pro-Khalistan activist told the daily that the Indian High Commissioner was supposed to hold a meeting with the gurdwara committee of the Glasgow Gurdwara on Albert Drive.

“A few people turned up and told him he is not welcome and he left. There was a slight confrontation. I don’t think the gurdwara committee is too happy about what happened.

But Indian officials are not welcome in any gurdwara in the UK," the activist told TOI as reported by ANI. “We are fed up with the UK-India collusion. The recent tensions since the Hardeep Singh Nijjar killing have led to British Sikhs being targeted.

This is to do with Avtar Singh Khanda and Jagtar Singh Johal too," he added. Reacting to this, BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa strongly condemned the incident. He said, “I