Pro-Khalistan radical groups in Canada held another series of controversial parades on Saturday, commemorating the suicide bomber who assassinated former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh in 1995.
The floats , which were displayed in front of the Indian Consulate in Vancouver, depicted the assassination scene, featuring a bombed car covered in blood and photographs of the slain Chief Minister. One float read, “Beanta Bombed to Death,” while also paying tribute to the killer, Dilawar Singh Babbar . The assassination occurred 29 years ago, on August 31, 1995.
A similar rally took place in Toronto, led by Inderjeet Singh Gosal, who referred to those campaigning for the Khalistan Referendum as “offspring” of Dilawar Singh. Gosal, a key organiser of the referendum and associate of Sikhs for Justice general counsel Gurpatwant Pannun, recently received a "duty to warn" notice from Canadian law enforcement regarding threats to his life. This warning was issued by both the Ontario Provincial Police and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). Gosal was also closely associated with Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was killed in Surrey, British Columbia, on June 18 of the previous year.
The 1995 suicide bombing in Chandigarh, orchestrated by Babbar Khalsa International (BKI), claimed the lives of 17 people. BKI, listed among Canada’s proscribed terrorist entities, took responsibility for the attack.
On June 9, another parade in Brampton, within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), featured a float with an effigy of Indira Gandhi being shot by her bodyguards. Posters on the float declared that her "punishment" had been "delivered" on October 31, 1984, the date of her assassination.
This parade marked the 40th anniversary of Operation Bluestar, where the Indian Army stormed the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar to remove Khalistani extremists, including their leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.
This display in Brampton followed a similar protest three days earlier outside the Indian Consulate in Vancouver. Responding to these incidents, Canada’s Minister of Public Safety Dominic LeBlanc posted on X, "The promotion of violence is never acceptable in Canada."
The floats , which were displayed in front of the Indian Consulate in Vancouver, depicted the assassination scene, featuring a bombed car covered in blood and photographs of the slain Chief Minister. One float read, “Beanta Bombed to Death,” while also paying tribute to the killer, Dilawar Singh Babbar . The assassination occurred 29 years ago, on August 31, 1995.
A similar rally took place in Toronto, led by Inderjeet Singh Gosal, who referred to those campaigning for the Khalistan Referendum as “offspring” of Dilawar Singh. Gosal, a key organiser of the referendum and associate of Sikhs for Justice general counsel Gurpatwant Pannun, recently received a "duty to warn" notice from Canadian law enforcement regarding threats to his life. This warning was issued by both the Ontario Provincial Police and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). Gosal was also closely associated with Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was killed in Surrey, British Columbia, on June 18 of the previous year.
The 1995 suicide bombing in Chandigarh, orchestrated by Babbar Khalsa International (BKI), claimed the lives of 17 people. BKI, listed among Canada’s proscribed terrorist entities, took responsibility for the attack.
On June 9, another parade in Brampton, within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), featured a float with an effigy of Indira Gandhi being shot by her bodyguards. Posters on the float declared that her "punishment" had been "delivered" on October 31, 1984, the date of her assassination.
This parade marked the 40th anniversary of Operation Bluestar, where the Indian Army stormed the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar to remove Khalistani extremists, including their leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.
This display in Brampton followed a similar protest three days earlier outside the Indian Consulate in Vancouver. Responding to these incidents, Canada’s Minister of Public Safety Dominic LeBlanc posted on X, "The promotion of violence is never acceptable in Canada."
This week, there were reports of imagery depicting the assassination of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in Vancouver. The promotion of violence is never acceptable in Canada.
— Dominic LeBlanc (@DLeBlancNB) June 7, 2024
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