pro-Khalistani protests in Canada, the Indian community members on Saturday gathered outside the consulate holding the Tricolor in their hands to protect their diplomats and the consulate office. They were raising slogans like “Bharat Mata Ki Jai", Vande Mataram", “Long Live India", and “Khalistan Murdabad". The community members also carried placards on which several quotes against Khalistanis were written.
These quotes were "Khalistani are not Sikh", and "Canada stop supporting Khalistani Canadian terrorists". In the purported video, the pro-Khalistani protestors could be seen disrespecting the Tricolor. Sunil Arora, one of the Indian diaspora in Canada, said, “We are standing here infront of the Consulate to face the Khalistanis.
We are trying to stop Khalistanis nonsense here and we are here for the solidarity of India and Canada, altogether. " “They are giving wrong information saying that they will kill our diplomats which is... and we are totally against that," Arora said as quoted by ANI. Another member of the Indian diaspora, Anil Shiringi said that they are there to support the Indian Consulate and stood up against the Khalistani's threat, which was given to Indian diplomats.
“Canada is a peaceful country and we wanted to remain peaceful and we should. Basically, we are trying to tell the government of Canada to take cognizance of this that this is not freedom of expression. This is for sure not a freedom of expression," said Vidya Bhushan Dhar, another member of the Indian community. Pro-Khalistani elements had announced to hold rallies outside Indian Missions in the UK, US, Canada, and Australia on Saturday after the alleged killing of Khalistan Tiger Force chief, Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada last month.
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