Vancouver: The government of India is launching a diplomatic protest over a parade in Surrey this month that included a float with alleged terrorist leader Talwinder Singh Parmar portrayed as a Sikh martyr. "We are very much concerned that this happened," said Zile Singh, India's deputy consul-general. "Diplomats from the High Commission office in Ottawa intend to raise the matter with the Canadian officials," he added. "This is not acceptable to us. We intend to convey that it is not acceptable, so the [Canadian] government understands. This should not happen again."
Parmar, a militant Khalistani advocate, has been identified in a B.C. court case as the mastermind behind a mid-air bomb explosion aboard an Air-India flight in 1985, en route from Canada to London, England. Born in Punjab and later made a Canadian citizen, he was killed by police during an encounter in India in 1992. There were 329 people killed in the Air-India bombing, which remains one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in aviation history. Singh said the portrayal of Parmar as a martyr was "very objectionable."
Indian officials were also concerned that some people involved in the parade showed their support for groups considered terrorist organizations and banned in Canada, the International Sikh Youth Federation and Babbar Khalsa. The Sikh community in Greater Vancouver holds two competing parades to mark the beginning of the harvest season in Punjab. Gurdwara Sahib Dasmesh Darbar of Surrey held its annual Vaisakhi parade this year on April 7. The Vaisakhi Parade organized by Vancouver's Khalsa Diwan Society was held on Aoril 14.
The parade in Surrey attracted thousands of people including prominent B.C. and federal politicians. The parade had a float that included Parmar among the portraits of Sikh martyrs and some organizers wore work jackets with the word "Khalistan," the name proposed for an independent state for the Sikhs carved out of India.
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India has oppressed the Naga people, the Dalits, and the Sikhs over hundreds of years.
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Just because the ruling majority creates a label for somebody does not mean that it is justified or accurate.
Talwinder Singh Parmar is ALLEGED to be involved in the Air India plot, not CONVICTED. Between the Air India plain bombing and the false encounter in which the Indian government killed Parmar, there were seven years of time. In that seven years, they did not charge Parmar. The reason is that Parmar, or the current scapegoats Malik and Bagri, had nothing to do with the bombings. It was a plot of the Indian RAA, American CIA, and Canadian CSIS agencies.
The Indian consul general says that he is concerned about Talwinder Singh Parmar's picture being shown, who was never CHARGED OR CONVICTED in the single case of the Air India bombing, but they proudly put up the picture of Indira Gandhi, who is responsible for the massacre of thousands of innocent civilians across Punjab in June of 1984. So who is supporting terrorism? Obviously the Indian consulate.
The t-shirts that are being labelled as ISYF in fact were NOT the ISYF logo. They had a flying bird, maybe an eagle, two guns, and the Sikh emblem on them. It was for a martial arts team. On any other martial arts uniform for any Japanese, Chinese, or other martial arts uniform, it would be accepted to have weapons and majestic animals like an eagle. But the media has tried to smear the image of these innocent Sikhs and their children. The logo was NOT that of ISYF.
The independant Sikh state Khalistan would not be carved out of India because INDIA carved Punjab into half. In 1947, India and Pakistan split and the border line was split between Punjab. Pakistan took one part, India took one part, effectively stealing Punjab from its citizens. Punjab should be one again, and the Sikhs should not be oppressed. Demanding Khalistan is as justified as demanding Israel, Tibet, or Nagaland. It is not a terrorist activity to have self determination and to peacefully campaign for the autonomy of Sikhs in Punjab. It is not a terrorist activity to protest human rights violations and to make the world aware of state-sponsored terrorist activities by India.
Sikhs have not forgotten when Punjab was split in half in 1947. It is still split and should be made one. Pakistan can be separate, India can be separate, but why split Punjab in the process? 1984 attack solidified the reality of Khalistan and it was declared by the Sikh commnunity through "SArbat Khalsa" in 1986. Khalistan is a peaceful campaign for human rights. It is justified as Israel and Tibet and other oppressed nations struggle for autonomy. God bless the Sikhs and they will be successful to reach their goal. All should support the Khalsa as they will bring peace in this world and bring the light of God in all of our hearts.
well, first of all to the person who has made the first comment. why hide your identity if what you are saying is the truth. are you scared. and if you are a sikh then shame coz sikhs are not scared of saying the thruth. people have the guts to say a lot of things behind the closed doors, very few have the courage to speak out loud.
now to the second person, it is very easy to sit here in canada in the comfort of your home and cry out "Khalistan" loud. demanding a separate state is just an ego matter nothing else. because if you really care for Punjab and Sikhs, go to punjab and start working with the poor and try and improve the system there. but you wont, coz u want to b comfortable here in canada.
now to both of you. india is our country. it your country and it is my country. muslims sikhs christians have as much right to live in india as hindus. and u will never find people targetting each other's religion. its politics and politicians. dont forget if in 84 there were hindus killing sikhs there were hindus who saved sikhs. and if there sikhs killing hindus there were sikhs who saved them too...
people in india and in punjab live peacefully now. hindus and sikhs live together without any grudge. india's prime minister is a sikh. its almost been 5 years and i havent heard it from any hindu saying he is not good or he is from a different religion.
if you are genuine and respect others, the others will respect you...
and remember khalistan movement is dead. there can be no khalistan ever. coz india is one and it will remain one.
Bains ji,
I am born and raised in India. I support the Khalistan movement because in 1947, India & Pakistan raped Punjab. Punjab was split between two countries and all of its residenced were displaced. Everybody suffered, but mostly the Punjabis. I support United Punjab. And it will be united one day. Khalistan movement is not dead, and will not die. You can insist that it is dead but I am here and I am not dead. There are 100 more like me. 1000 more will come. There will always be support like there is support for Tibet and Israel. Like there was support for other oppressed nations. All true and proud Punjabis, whether Hindu, SIkh, or Muslim, would support a united Punjab.
I agree with Bains.
I was raised a Sikh, but as an Adult I do not consider myself a Sikh .. I consider myself an Indian, a Canadian and a Human Being. All the Sikhs I know are too high and mighty about their religion and their "punjab"... They act as if Punjab is better than the rest of India.
Even if the guy was alleged to be a terrorist - the SIkh parade should have respected the possible political ramifications and out of respect for the dead and kept the parade all about Vaisakhi!
Another gripe I have is that Sikhs in Canada act as if Vaisakhi is only a Sikh thing. Vaisakhi is celebrated and Important all around India. Sadly, other second generation youth like myself have NO clue about this because their parents dont teach them about the rest of India.
All Indians should stand united.
You do realise that there's a lot of non-sikhs living in Punjab right? Calling for autonomy or a separate state means you're supporting what you're against: the violence of partition.
Separatist movments have caused a lot of bloodshed as is evident from the history of our country, Tibet, Israel etc. Why aim for separatism over unification?
i agree totally with bains. and punjab is for everybody to share. not just for sikhs, or hindus, or anybody else. we msut learn to liv together, HAPPILY. everything seems to b peaceful in punjab now. and lets hope it remains that way. and for those of you saying India and Pakistan raped punjab, let me remind you, it wus the BRITISH EMPIRE that created india and pakistan and decided on where the border would be. so if anything, the british raped punjab (along with rest of india and pakistan). so lets jus liv HAPPILY! we were all one at one time, lets all be one again. liv happily! i'd say india and pakistan too should become one country again (but everybody knows that wont happen). and all of you saying hindus killed sikhs. yes they did. but sikhs killed hindus too. hindus also killed muslims, and muslims also killed hindus. sikhs and muslims also had their fights during the 1947 partition. its all a thing of the past now. LETS JUST MOVE ON.
and lastly, nothing will be gained by creating Khalistan. i can assure you it will be a third-world state if it becomes independent, mainly because of its location, and the fact tht its located between india and pakistan will surely create more problems.
Anyone claiming on here to move on needs to get their heads out of their asses. We Sikhs will never move on, because of all the atrocities committed by the Indian Government, they day when thousands of innocent Sikhs were killed in the Dheli riots after Indira Ghandis assination, and the fact that congress leaders were involved as proven by eye witnesses, and yet none of those congress leaders have been brought to justice or any other person involved in the innocent Sikh killings. We will never forget the attack on the holiest shrine Harimandar Sahib in 1984, where innocent people women, children, men were killed execution style. The attack itself on the house of God will never be forgotten. The Indian Government would never do that to a Hindu temple.
The fact is the Indian Government is protecting these murderers, because these murderers are apart of the Indian Government. Our Gurus told us to stand against tyranny not just sit there and watch it happend and later on forget about it so we can so called "unite" like some ignorant person said on here. Bring those people to justice and then maybe we can heal and move forward. Let these idiot Indian officials squirm like little children, because they glorify Indira Ghandi like shes a hero when she was nothing but a mass murderer and a dictator no different then Hitler. The entire Indian Government is anti Sikh as proven by the Dheli riots, the attack on the holy Harimandar Sahib, and the opposition is no different, they are a radical Hindu party which wants to imcorporate Sikhism into Hinduism and they are allied with the RSS.
The demand for Khalistan is absolutely justified, and anyone that thinks that it would be a third world country is a complete idiot. The fact is Punjab is what feeds the rest of the countries sorry ass, and Punjabs water supply is so valuable that other states are tapping into it like it is theirs. There is no other way but Khalistan, because the Indian Government will never treat the Sikh people properly, if they did then it would be different, but the fact that so many Sikhs have been killed, so many attacks on the Sikh Religion (attack on the holy Harimandar Sahib) there is only the Khalistan solution. Anyone who thinks that people are happy in Punjab are delisional, they are happy by the fear of the Indian Government, they speak out and they will be arrested and possibly killed (so much for a democracy).
Remember none of this would have happend had the Sikhs had strong leadership in 1947 and recieved their own land Khalistan, but unfortunetly the British offered, but weak leadership wanted to join India with the false promises of Jewharal Nehru, who then turned his back on the Sikhs once India recieved Independance. Harimandar Sahib would not have been attacked, Sikhs would not have been killed, we would be having equal rights in our own country and living prosporously. The only solution is Khalistan.
Sikhs have made India what it is today (along with other groups however Sikhs were probably the largest share holder). Why create a different country? If there are serious doubts as to our community's equality amongst other groups (which I personally don't believe there is) we should change the system from with in. India is not a Hindu country and since you have this perception, we must change that - Hindus and Sikhs are so unified by their history that we practically share such a similar identity. I could see the argument for Khalistan only being the answer if India defined itself as a Hindu country (such as Pakistan is an Islamic Republic). I guess the rebuttal here will be that India favours Hindus over other religious groups, so lets work to change this if minority groups feel this way - although I must say these arguments are heard lounder in Canada than Vancouver (amongst the Sikh community at least).
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