The Khalistani attack on the Hindu temple in Canada’s Brampton—where the hoodlums entered the temple premises and roughed up devotees, while attacking an Indian high commission-organised camp to give life certificates to pensioners—crossed a red line that no one thought that they would cross. But on second thoughts, why wouldn’t they when they have the full backing of the Canadian state, with one of their fellow travellers, Gurpatwant Singh Pannun even boasting that he has been advising Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on India? Pannun, is not only guilty of acts of terrorism in India, but also threatens assassination of Indian leaders and attack on Indian Parliament, apart from advising passengers not to travel by any Indian airline, implying that they would be attacked. But in spite of such incendiary threats zero action is taken against him either by Canada or by the United States—Pannun is a dual citizen of these two countries—in the name of freedom of speech. The same “freedom” excuse is given to turn a blind eye to threats issued by Khalistanis to assassinate the Indian high commissioner in Canada or to vandalise statues and temples. No action is ever taken against these thugs in the belief that they can mobilise their community to vote for a particular party. It’s sad that this bug has bitten not just Khalistani abettor Justin Trudeau, but also opposition leader Pierre Poilievre, who cancelled a Diwali celebration on the advice of his Khalistani advisors, thus alienating the Hindus as well as discriminating against them. In fact these politicians have allowed the Khalistanis to infiltrate the ranks of the government, including the police, as a result of which the Brampton attack on Hindus saw members of this particular community being rounded up, while the attackers were allowed to go scot-free. What sort of a rule of law does this G7 country practise that such criminal activities are allowed to the extent of being condoned?
The same “freedom” excuse is given to turn a blind eye to threats issued by Khalistanis to assassinate the Indian high commissioner in Canada or to vandalise statues and temples. No action is ever taken against these thugs in the belief that they can mobilise their community to vote for a particular party.
The condemnation of the attack that came from Canadian politicians, both ruling and opposition, was cursory and did not mention the perpetrators of the violence. It was only a Liberal MP, Chandra Arya who was categorical: “The attack by Khalistanis on the Hindu-Canadian devotees inside the premises of the Hindu Sabha temple in Brampton shows how deep and brazen has Khalistani violent extremism has become in Canada. I begin to feel that there is a small grain of truth in the reports that in addition to Canadian political apparatus, Khalistanis have effectively infiltrated into our law enforcement agencies.” But then Chandra Arya is hated by Pannun & Co and is called a traitor. In fact he himself faces threats of violence from the Khalistanis.
What happened in Brampton is a manifestation of the rot in the Khalistan movement, which comprises gangsters, thugs and terrorists. If Canada is becoming the gateway of narcotics in the West, the Khalistanis are one of the reasons for that. A Khalistani man, Gaganpreet Randhawa was the main man arrested in Canada’s largest ever drug bust on 31 October. Over 95.5 million doses of fentanyl were found from Randhawa’s “drugs superlab”, which according to the Canadian police “could have taken the lives of every Canadian, at least twice over”. A huge cache of weapons too was recovered. In fact, Khalistani gangsters have made gang wars their calling card. It is believed that terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar was killed in one such gang war. As External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has been warning Canada, that it is providing shelter to the worst of Indian criminals for political reasons. So is it a surprise that in areas that are dominated by Khalistanis rampant street violence is the order of the day? The Trudeau government has been giving them a free pass, but this has started to backfire, as the drug bust incident showed. Blaming India for every criminal incident in Canada is laughable, when Trudeau’s pet thugs control the streets. And to think it is to appease these people that Trudeau destroyed his country’s relationship with the world’s largest democracy. In the process, he has painted a target on the back of every Hindu in Canada. The temple attack is a manifestation of it.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted on Monday, “I strongly condemn the deliberate attack on a Hindu temple in Canada. Equally appalling are the cowardly attempts to intimidate our diplomats. Such acts of violence will never weaken India’s resolve. We expect the Canadian government to ensure justice and uphold the rule of law.” This is a legitimate demand. But given Trudeau has decided to portray India as an enemy country destroying Canada, it will be wrong to expect any justice from him. How can there be justice when the firefighter himself is the arsonist? Hence, it is now incumbent on Indians keen to go and study in Canada or migrate, to look at alternate destinations. The message has go down that Canada is no longer safe for Hindus.
