Indian Community Waves Tricolour Countering Pro-Khalistan Protest In Canada's Toronto. Watch
A pro-Khalistan protest was held outside the Indian consulate in Canada's Toronto where members of the Indian community waved tricolor in counter-demonstration.
The members of the Indian community unitedly countered a pro-Khalistan protest with the national flag outside the Indian consulate in Canada's Toronto on July 8. Khalistan sympathisers stood outside the consulate with their flags while members of the Indian community held a counter-demonstration and waved the Indian tricolour to send out a clear message to separatist elements. This comes days after posters with Indian diplomats in Canada and London surfaced on social media announcing a pro-Khalistan rally on July 8.
A pro-Khalistan protest outside the Indian High Commission in London was relatively subdued and passed off without incident on Saturday. The demonstration, which took place between 12:30 PM and 2:30 PM GMT, lasted less time than planned. In stark contrast to the larger protests held at the same location earlier this year, only a small number of people braved the rain to attend the protest.
#WATCH | Pro-Khalistan supporters protested in front of the Indian consulate in Canada's Toronto on July 8
— ANI (@ANI) July 9, 2023
Members of the Indian community with national flags countered the Khalistani protesters outside the Indian consulate in Toronto pic.twitter.com/IF5LUisVME
The protest was part of a series of protests held in cities around the world, including Melbourne, San Francisco, and Toronto, to condemn the June 18 killing of Khalistani activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia. Nijjar was wanted on terrorism charges in India.
#WATCH | 30-40 Khalistanis gathered outside Indian High Commission in London around 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm GMT today. UK Police were present at the spot. Protesters have left the site now pic.twitter.com/HtSraIXmoe
— ANI (@ANI) July 8, 2023
According to a report by The Hindu, the protesters in London held banners depicting India's High Commissioner to the UK and its Consul General in Birmingham, accusing them of being responsible for Nijjar's death. Similar posters depicting the heads of various Indian missions around the world have recently circulated on social media platforms.
Among the protesters on Saturday, in addition to pro-Khalistan banners, there were also posters expressing support for Pakistan and Kashmir, according to the report. The presence of these posters emphasised the larger geopolitical dynamics at work in the protest.
Meanwhile, India on Friday asked the British government to immediately deport or prosecute the Khalistani elements in their country even as Indian diplomats have become "individual targets" that has become a huge cause of concern for New Delhi. The matter was discussed at length during a meeting between National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval and his British counterpart Tim Barrow in New Delhi.
“The two sides agreed to enhance cooperation to address violent extremism and radicalism. There can be no justification for violent extremism and radicalisation in a democracy,” an official source told ABP Live.
The source also said, “The Indian side raised the issue of the extremist elements in UK threatening individual officers of the Indian High Commission and urged the UK Government to take strong public action against these elements such as deportation or legal prosecution.”
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