Designated terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the founder of the banned Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), has released a video in which he threatens to blow up an Air India flight on November 19, urging Sikhs not to fly with the airline after that date. Pannun claims that Air India will not be permitted to operate on November 19 and that Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport will be closed on that day and its name changed. He points out that this is the same day as the final match of the Cricket World Cup.
This is not the first time that Pannun has issued threats. In September, he urged Hindu-Canadians to leave Canada amidst a diplomatic dispute between India and Canada over the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. In a video circulated on social media, Pannun claimed that pro-Khalistan Sikhs have always been loyal to Canada and then proceeded to threaten Indo-Canadian Hindus, urging them to leave the country.
Following the dissemination of Pannun’s hateful speech, Lawyers from the Hindu Forum Canada have called on the Canadian Immigration Minister to ban Pannun from entering Canadian territory. They state that Pannun’s recent comments have caused distress and trauma not only within the Hindu community but also among Canadian citizens at large.
In September, Khalistani secessionists organized a so-called “Referendum” in Surrey, British Columbia. Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the designated terrorist and founder of the banned SFJ, was present at the gathering of Khalistani separatists held at the Guru Nanak Singh Gurudwara in Surrey, Vancouver.
Relations between India and Canada have become strained after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alleged the involvement of “agents of the Indian government” in the killing of Nijjar in June. India has dismissed these allegations as “absurd and motivated” and responded by expelling a Canadian diplomat in a tit-for-tat move. However, Canada has not provided any public evidence to support their claim regarding the killing of Nijjar.
