KHALISTAN EXTREMISM MONITOR
A project of the Institute for Conflict Management
A project of the Institute for Conflict Management
The diplomatic tensions between India and Canada escalated recently over the murder of Khalistani activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was shot dead in Canada’s Surrey in June this year. The matter intensified on September 19 after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused agents of the Indian government of having a “potential link” in the assassination of the Khalistani separatist.
As the stand-off between the two nations rages on with Canada adamant on its stand and the Indian authorities asking for evidence of the claims made by Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, the focus has now shifted to the 2018 sting operation conducted by Republic TV unmasking the ‘Break-India’ plot of the Khalistani front.
‘We do want India to break up, Naxals to be free’
In an exclusive sting operation conducted by Republic TV‘s Senior News Editor Shawan Sen in London, Shamsher Singh the founding member of the National Sikh Youth Federation, a pro-Khalistan front organisation based in the UK revealed how Pakistan is fomenting the secessionist Khalistan demand.
Shamsher Singh, is on tape, saying ‘Pakistan is our ally. And Pakistan has not committed any genocide against Sikhs.’ He goes on to assert that “Pakistan recognises Khalistan as a legitimate nation.” On being asked “So, it's a natural ally you would say?” by Republic TV‘s Senior News Editor Shawan Sen, the only response of Shamsher Singh is “Yeah, 100%.”
Openly acknowledging the use of armed movement against India, Singh said, "Armed struggle is the only way. Investing in armed struggle and destabilising India, how they have been operating for the last 30 years, assassinating Indian government officials, attacking military bases, attacking police officials and you know - soldiers. And Khalistanis have a hitlist somewhere of all these people running around like Saini and Alam and all these black cats and all the police officers that escaped so many commissions. We have killed 2,700 police officers of various ranks. We have killed the PM, CM, and Generals of the Army. These are all targeted killings."
Shamsher Singh also revealed Khalistan links to killings of RSS members. He almost boasted about the RSS killings and said, “Leaders of Punjab RSS, they are being shot on the street by motorcycle-borne assailants. This is a reality,” he further added, “Yes, Khalistan Liberation Force has admitted that they have killed.”
An interesting narrative forms when Shamsher Singh’s narrative is strung alongside the claims made by Gurcharan Singh, the member of once banned Dal Khalsa who expressed panic over the possibility of the victory of PM Narendra Modi-led-BJP government in the upcoming general elections. “You see, if Modi wins next year, we are worried because the RSS will go crazy throughout India. That's one of the concerns we've got. We wouldn't like that. We won't like that,” he said. On being asked how they plan to stop the ruling regime from coming to power again, the Dal Khalsa member says, “We can't stop them and that is the problem.”