The Khalistan Referendum voting took place on September 18 at the Gore Meadows Community Center in Brampton, Ontario
The Canadian government has refused to stop Canadian Sikhs from expressing their views through holding of Khalistan Referendum and by linking it with a peaceful and democratic process within the legal parameters of the Canadian laws, according to an APP datelined story from Islamabad.
Canadian parliamentarian Sukhminder Singh Dhaliwal said that constitutional and democratic political expression could not be stopped. He also said that Canadian nationals had every freedom to express their views under the Canadian laws relating to the right to freedom of expression and right to free speech and assembly while reacting to the situation that emerged after a graffiti attack on the Swaminarayan temple. The official views came after lobbying by the Indian government urging the Canadian government to act against the rising pro-Khalistani sentiment in Canada, which is home to over one million Sikhs. A high-profile campaign for Khalistan is being run by the pro-Khalistan and pro-separatist group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ).
The Indian government had demanded that the Canadian government prevent people from misusing their right to freedom of expression to “incite violence and glorify terrorists as martyrs”
The Khalistan Referendum voting took place on September 18 at the Gore Meadows Community Center in Brampton, Ontario.
The issue of Sikh separatism was a major issue when Prime Minister Trudeau took a trip to India a few years ago. The Indian government had told the Canadian authorities of showing leniency towards Khalistanis in Canada.
The Indian government had demanded that the Canadian government prevent people from misusing their right to freedom of expression to “incite violence and glorify terrorists as martyrs”.
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