00:00 "Indo-Canadian Hindus, you have repudiated your allegiance to Canada and Canadian constitution.
00:08 Your destination is India.
00:09 Leave Canada, go to India."
00:14 Sikhs for Justice, a pro-Khalistan organisation banned in India in 2019, has threatened Hindus
00:21 of Indian origin and asked them to leave Canada for supporting the country of their origin
00:27 and promoting violence by celebrating Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar's killing.
00:33 A video of the SFJ legal council, Gurpatwan Singh Pannu, has surfaced and is now going
00:38 viral.
00:39 In the video, Pannu, who has been designated a terrorist in India, can be seen asking the
00:44 Sikhs of Indian origin to leave Canada.
00:47 "You not only support India, but you are also supporting the suppression of speech
00:52 and expression of pro-Khalistan Sikhs," Pannu threatened.
00:56 "On October 29, Shaheed Nijjar killed India at random is happening in Vancouver.
01:04 I urge all Canadian Sikhs to be in Vancouver on October 29 to vote on."
01:11 The video surfaced as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday claimed that there
01:15 was a potential link between Indian government agents and the killing of Nijjar in June and
01:20 triggered tit-for-tat expulsions of senior diplomats.
01:24 Hours after India on Tuesday dismissed his claim as "absurd" and "motivated," Trudeau
01:29 insisted Canada was not looking to provoke or escalate.
01:33 Vijay Jain, a spokesperson for Canadian Hindus for Harmony, expressed concern over Pannu's
01:39 threat.
01:40 "We are now seeing full-scale Hinduphobia out across the board," Jain said.
01:45 Trudeau's remarks about India's alleged involvement in Nijjar's killing may stoke
01:49 the sentiment.
01:50 "We are worried that this may translate into the loss of Canadian Hindu lives, as
01:54 in 1985," Jain said.
01:56 Jain's reference was to the Khalistani bombing of Air India-Montreal-London-Delhi-Bombay
02:01 flight in June 1985, which left 307 passengers and 22 crew members on board dead.
02:09 It was the worst terrorist attack in Canadian history.
02:12 Canada annually on June 23 observes the National Day of Remembrance for victims of terrorism
02:18 in memory of those killed in the bombing.
02:21 Vandals allegedly associated with the so-called Khalistan referendum in Canada have been blamed
02:26 for at least a dozen cases of desecration of temples with graffiti or anti-India posters.
02:32 A petition has been pending before the Canadian House of Commons to recognise Hinduphobia
02:36 in the glossary of terms in the Human Rights Code to describe anti-Hindu prejudice and
02:41 discrimination.
02:42 The petition has so far gathered nearly 9,000 signatures.
02:46 Meanwhile, SFJ has said it feels emboldened by the Trudeau government's recent actions
02:52 of disengaging with India.
02:54 In a post on social media platform X, commentator Rupa Subramania questioned inaction over Pandu's
03:00 threat.
03:01 If a white supremacist had threatened saying all people of colour must leave Canada, imagine
03:06 the uproar.
03:07 Yet, when a Khalistani threatens Hindus in Canada at an event in Canada, everyone bats
03:12 their eyelids and looks the other way.
03:15 Canadian Minister Anita Anand, who is a Hindu, appealed for calm.
03:18 In a post on X, Anand said, "South Asians and families who come from India, regardless
03:23 of religion, will share the sentiment that it was difficult to hear Trudeau's statement
03:27 on Monday.
03:28 This is the time to let the legal process continue as it must.
03:32 Let us all remain calm, unified and empathetic."
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