KHALISTAN EXTREMISM MONITOR
A project of the Institute for Conflict Management
A project of the Institute for Conflict Management
Sikhs
for Justice (SFJ), a pro-Khalistan outfit banned under the Unlawful Activities
(Prevention) Act, on Tuesday threatened to run an international campaign on
Republic Day titled 'Raise Khalistan -- Block Tiranga', with operatives on
NIA's most-wanted list, Jaswinder Singh Multani, Paramjit Singh Pamma and
Hardeep Singh Nijjar, assigned to lead the protests in Germany, UK and Canada
respectively.
In
a video message on Tuesday, SFJ's US-based general counsel Gurpatwant Singh
Pannun said Khalistan Referendum activists Jaswinder Singh Multani who was
detained by German police after the recent Ludhiana court blast for allegedly
furthering pro-Khalistan agenda but was later released, and Gurmit Singh Bagga
would 'Raise Khalistan' and 'Block Tiranga' at the Indian embassy in Frankfurt,
while Paramjeet Singh Pamma would do the same in London, UK, and Hardeep Singh
Nijjar in Vancouver, Canada.
The SFJ has already announced a budget of 1 million dollars for the project 'Raise Kesri-Khalistan', and 'Block Modi-Tiranga' coinciding with India's Republic day celebrations this year. Pannun had earlier released a video asking Sikhs to raise the 'kesri' flag in place of the Indian Tricolour.
On Tuesday, in a statement, released by SFJ, Pannun said: "Citing infamous Article 25(b) of the Indian Constitution, a global anti-India campaign #SikhsAreNot Hindus has been launched, emailing UK Prime Minister (Boris) Johnson, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Biden and Trudeau administrations urging them to support the first-ever Khalistan Referendum for secession of Punjab from India."
Pannun, Paramjit Pamma, Nijjar and Bagga are in the list of individual terrorists banned under the UAPA.