Damdami Taksal Spokesperson, Professor Sarchand Singh Khyala has strongly condemned the anti-India protests by Khalistani groups, ahead of the G7 summit in Canada, stating that the pro-Khalistani people are “spewing venom against India”.
Sarchand Singh Khyala praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for helping the Sikh community, emphasising that the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) gave him the Qaumi Seva Award for his contributions.
Sarchand Singh Khyala said, “In the video, I can see that innocent children aged between 5-7 years old disrespecting the pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The pro-Khalistani people are spewing venom against India. They are spreading hatred by brainwashing children, and I strongly condemn this.”
“Sikhs are known for their brotherly harmony and for helping people. PM Modi has done a lot for our Sikh community. Whatever has not been done in the last 70 years, PM Modi has done it. This is the reason PM Modi has been awarded the Qaumi Seva Award by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) for his contributions to the Sikh community,” he added.
Notably, Damdami Taksal was founded by Guru Gobind Singh ji. It is a cultural and educational organisation known for its teachings of vidya as well as gurbani santhiya.
BR Ambedkar Study Circle Office Bearer, Satinder Singh, also condemned the anti-India protests by Khalistani groups, calling it harmful for both Punjab and Canada.
He praised Prime Minister Modi for honouring Sikh history through Veer Bal Diwas and opening the Kartarpur Sahib corridor.
“This incident is condemnable. The Prime Minister declared Veer Bal Diwas on December 26th to commemorate the sacrifice of two sons of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, the tenth Sikh Guru. He opened the Kartarpur Sahib corridor for Sikhs. He has a lot of love for Punjab. There are some extremist forces in Canada who are not able to do anything in India, and they want to show their children, (in protest), thinking that this will increase their visibility,” he said.
“This is something which is fatal for Punjab as well as fatal for that country, and to teach this thing to children is neither our soul nor our duty because we have sacrificed and that too for the sake of our country,” Singh said.
“No Sikh can tolerate pro-Khalistan protest”
Meanwhile, the Patna Sahib Gurudwara Takht has also strongly criticised the anti-India protests by Khalistani groups, stating that the way children were used in the protests is “highly condemnable.”
Sudeep Singh, Spokesperson for Takht Sri Patna Sahib, expressed his disappointment, stating, “We have received information that PM Modi is going to Canada to attend the G7 Summit. Before PM Modi reached Canada, there were protests in which Khalistanis were also involved. The way children were used in the protests is highly condemnable.”
Singh also praised PM Narendra Modi’s efforts towards the Sikh community, highlighting that PM Modi resolved all of the pending issues of Sikhs, including the development of the Kartarpur Sahib corridor. The Gurudwara spokesperson emphasised that no Sikh can tolerate such protests against PM Modi.
Earlier, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri lashed out at the pro-Khalistan protestors calling them as “kiraye ke tatto” (protestors for hire) and said that they should not be taken “seriously”.
In the matter, Canadian journalist Daniel Bordman shed light on the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit at the 51st G7 Summit.
Bordman described the visit as a “significant” development with implications for domestic politics, trade, and the country’s handling of extremism.
Khalistan movement is a significant obstacle in India-Canada relations
Bordman said that the Khalistan movement is a significant obstacle in India-Canada relations. He asserted that Canada’s leniency towards Sikh separatist groups operating in Canada, allegedly funded by Pakistan, is perceived as support for terrorism and balkanization by India.
“It is pretty significant for Canada because, for the last 10 years, Canadian politics has been defined externally by chaos and bad actors, and internally by buffoonery… Canadians are happy to have a Prime Minister who speaks in full sentences and counts to ten without his fingers…,” said Bordman.
Bordman views this development as a positive step towards counter-radicalisation in Canada.
Bordman views PM Modi’s visit as a turning point in Canada’s approach to the Khalistan issue. He said that by engaging with India, Canada is distancing itself from its previous permissive stance towards terrorists and separatists.
“By inviting PM Modi, it is a pretty hard shift for Mark Carney to distance the liberal brand from the permissive of terrorists and separatists… This is a good first step to counter-radicalisation… We are at the maximum Khalistani nonsense in Canada, with a liberal close inner circle in the cabinet, propped up by Jagmeet Singh’s NDP… The biggest Khalistani power display is in Surrey right now… The Khalistani menace seems to be toned down because Mark Carney is an economist… There is more money in trade with India, a real country with billions of people, than there is with a Pakistani proxy, propped up by China, who run around and run drugs for the country… We have everything India needs, and India has a huge consumer base…,” added the Canadian journalist.
Further elaborating on the implications of the visit, Bordman said, “… The crackdown on Khalistan and trade with India are linked. Canada’s trade with every other country is linked to the same thing. Suppose you have a transnational criminal organisation in your ports and running logistics in your country, like the Khalistanis run drugs through the truck industry. In that case, it poses a real problem economically and trade-wise… If Canada wants to be a player on the world stage, we need to do something about Khalistan because these people are significantly harming Canada in the social fabric and also have a huge economic cost… Their involvement in our system will reduce our credibility in countries that want to trade with us…”
Notbaly, as world leaders gather for the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Khalistani extremists staged a massive protest in Calgary against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Thousands of Khalistani supporters took to the streets, waving Khalistan flags and chanting slogans against India and Hindus. This anti-India demonstration comes at a time when relations between India and Canada are already strained due to Canada’s soft-approach approach towards Khalistani agenda.
PM Modi’s visit to Canada comes after a period of friction between New Delhi and Ottawa, triggered by Canadian allegations that Indian agents were involved in the killing of NIA-designated terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar and Canada’s leniency towards Khalistani separatist elements.
