Dr. Bakhshish Singh Sandhu, the president of the Council of Khalistan, has stated that the assassination of Canadian citizen Hardeep Singh Nijjar has ignited strong support for Khalistan’s independence within the Sikh community.
In anticipation of the Khalistan Referendum voting on Sunday, Dr. Bakhshish Singh Sandhu announced that the Sikh community is poised to cast a historic number of votes in the referendum, scheduled to take place at the Shaheed Nijjar Centre in Surrey, a Vancouver suburb with a significant Sikh population.
Hardeep Singh Nijjar, aged 45, was fatally shot outside the same temple in Surrey where the second phase of the referendum is scheduled.
Dr. Sandhu mentioned that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau affirmed in the Canadian parliament that Nijjar’s assassination was the work of Indian secret agencies operating from Indian consulates in Canada.
He further stated that leading nations, including the USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, have held India responsible for Nijjar’s murder and called for India’s accountability, asserting that India has acted as a rogue state. According to Dr. Sandhu, India has openly violated Canada’s sovereignty and independence by killing and threatening Canadian nationals.
He noted that the world may not have believed Sikhs when they claimed India was involved in their genocide, but the statement by the Canadian prime minister has proven to the world that Sikhs were right. Prominent world powers have endorsed the idea of a democratic referendum, considering that Sikhs are pursuing a legitimate campaign for the independence of Punjab and the establishment of a separate Sikh homeland.
Avtar Singh Pannu, Coordinator of Sikhs for Justice, stated that agents of Indian secret agencies shot Nijjar with 50 bullets in an attempt to prevent him from organizing the Khalistan Referendum in Canada. Nijjar was an advocate for a Sikh homeland in Punjab.
The Khalistan Referendum voting campaign is being organized under the supervision of the independent Punjab Referendum Commission (PRC), which will announce the results when all phases are completed. Voting began on October 31, 2021, in London and has since been held in several cities across Europe, Australia, and Canada.
