Chandigarh: A day after Sikh extremist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun appeared to difficulty a demise menace towards Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Director Normal of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav, the state BJP has urged the Ministry of Exterior Affairs to urgently take up the matter with the US.
In a video launched Tuesday, Pannun in contrast Mann to former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, who was assassinated in a bomb blast on 31 August 1995 by Sikh terrorists, and requested gangsters to come back collectively to “prevent Mann from hoisting the Tricolour on Republic Day”.
Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar, in a publish on social media portal X Wednesday, requested Union Exterior Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to contact the US administration to make sure that they act towards Pannun — a twin Canadian-American citizen — in mild of the threats .
MEA Shri Jaishankar should inform the US administration to behave quick
towards the likes of Pannu for blatantly issuing threats to Chief Minister and DGP of Punjab.
At a time when US and the ‘5 Eyes’ are accusing others of utilizing “unconstitutional” measures towards terrorists…— Sunil Jakhar (@sunilkjakhar) January 16, 2024
Whereas the Punjab Police has enhanced the chief minister’s safety, Mann informed a information channel Tuesday that he didn’t take such threats critically.
The most recent menace from Pannun comes at a time when the US is investigating an alleged plot to kill him. The indictment filed within the matter in a US courtroom has alleged the involvement of an unnamed “Indian government employee”.
Pannun, who has been designated a terrorist by the Ministry of Dwelling Affairs (MHA), routinely points threats with respect to India and its leaders.
In one other video launched Tuesday, Pannun mentioned his organisation — the banned ‘Sikhs for Justice’ — would increase the Khalistani flag on India’s Republic Day .
He additionally “dared” PM Narendra Modi to come back to Delhi with out safety on Republic Day, and mentioned the act of elevating the Khalistan flag shall be meant to “avenge” the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar chief of the banned Khalistan Tiger Drive in Canada final yr.
The killing, carried out by unnamed assailants, stoked a diplomatic row between Ottawa and Delhi over Canadian PM Justin Trudeau’s declare that they have been wanting into “credible allegations” of a possible hyperlink between the homicide and Indian authorities brokers. India has denied the allegations.
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Collection of threats
Earlier this month, Pannun declared a “Khalistan Mission 2024” to destroy “Nazi India economically”, together with by concentrating on the Bombay Inventory Alternate (BSE) on 12 March 2024, the anniversary of the 1993 blasts within the metropolis.
A couple of days later, he requested Indian Muslims to oppose the “Ram Mandir ceremony”, including that 22 January — the day of the occasion — was an “Operation Blue Star against Muslims”.
On 12 January, Pannun hit out at French President Emmanuel Macron for “assisting and aiding ‘Hitler Modi’ who is using transnational terrorism to stop and suppress the freedom of speech and expression of pro-Khalistan Sikhs”.
“People of Delhi, SFJ have nothing against you. The fight and the war is between pro-Khalistan Sikhs and Modi regime, and, yes, we challenge the territorial integrity of India,” he mentioned.
Final month, Pannun launched a video threatening to “shake the very foundation of Parliament” on 13 December, the anniversary of the 2001 terrorist assault. In November, he issued threats towards Air India.
(Edited by Sunanda Ranjan)
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