Ottawa: Following the revelations and government action to influence the ongoing farmers’ movement in India, now Khalistani organizations are in a state of disarray. Not only this, Khalistanis in Canada, are now threatening other Indians living there as well. There are several reports in which people of the Indo-Canadian community have been threatened. Following these reports, the Indian government has asked Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to provide security to Indians.
The Indian High Commission in Ottawa has conveyed concerns to the Canadian government in this regard. Indians have also written letter to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau seeking security. An organization called Sanatan Mandir Cultural Center has also spoken of constant threats from Khalistanis.
In an outreach message to the diaspora in Canada, India’s High Commissioner to Ottawa Ajay Bisaria wrote: “We are also concerned at reports that Indian citizen and friends of India who have expressed their views in support of the farm reforms in India have been targeted and subjected to intimidation, threats of violence and calls to boycott or disrupt their business.”
Reports of threats, including violence and rape, against Indo-Canadians were received from the Greater Toronto Area, Metro Vancouver, Calgary and Vancouver. 28 Indo-Canadian organisations have raised the issue with Canada’s public safety and emergency preparedness minister Bill Blair in a letter, but have yet to receive a response from him or his office.
Bisaria told members of the community that in the event that any Indian national is subjected to any such threats of violence or intimidation, they should report the matter, with all details to the local police, and also bring it to our immediate attention. He also asserted that a flood of misinformation, blatant lies and distortions being circulated about some recent developments in India.
The Poetic Justice Foundation, the group allegedly responsible for creating the infamous toolkit being investigated by Indian law enforcement, is based in Vancouver and one of its founders, Mo Dhaliwal, participated in a blockade of the Indian Consulate in Vancouver on Republic Day.