The protesters made obscure claims that the “Indian authorities is killing residents from all communities everywhere in the nation.”
“This hypocrisy involves an finish now…… There will come a day when the home windows of your automobiles will break and you should have nowhere to run to,” they threatened the Indian embassy with slogans of “Khalistan Zindabad”.
Hundreds of Khalistan supporters gathered exterior the Indian Embassy in the United States.
The protesters included turbaned males of all ages who raised pro-Khalistan slogans. They got here in from completely different components of the DC-Maryland-Virginia (DMV) space. The organisers used mics to make anti-India speeches each in English and Punjabi and focused the Punjab Police for alleged human rights violations.
The Ministry of External Affairs on Saturday summoned the Canadian High Commissioner because it sought actions taken in opposition to separatist and extremist components in opposition to India’s diplomatic Mission and Consulates in Canada this week.
“The Government of India sought a proof on how such components had been allowed, in the presence of police, to breach the safety of our diplomatic Mission and Consulates,” the Ministry stated in a press release on Sunday.”The Government of Canada was reminded of its obligations underneath the Vienna Convention, and requested to arrest and prosecute the people who’ve already been recognized as being concerned in such acts,” it added.
Multiple occasions of protests by supporters of Khalistan have been staged exterior the Indian embassy and the San Francisco Consulate. Earlier this week the Indian Consulate in San Francisco was additionally attacked on March 20.
Visuals shared on-line present an enormous mob brandishing Khalistan flags mounted on wood poles, utilizing them to smash glass doorways and home windows of the consulate constructing. They raised pro-Khalistan slogans as they broke via makeshift safety obstacles raised by town police and put in two Khalistflags contained in the premises.
The United States strongly condemned the assault on the Indian consulate in San Francisco by a bunch of separatist Sikhs, terming it completely unacceptable.
The United States has condemned the assault on the Indian Consulate in San Francisco and any assault in opposition to diplomatic services inside the US. The US has pledged to defend the security and safety of those services in addition to the diplomats who work inside them.
“The United States condemns the assault in opposition to the Indian Consulate and any assault in opposition to diplomatic services inside the United States. We pledge to defend the security and safety of those services in addition to the diplomats who work inside them,” the US State Department spokesperson advised ANI.
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan stated through Twitter that the US condemns the acts of violence in opposition to the Indian Consulate in San Francisco. He additional stated that the US is dedicated to the security and safety of Indian diplomats.
He confirmed that the US State Department is in contact with the native regulation enforcement authorities.
(With inputs from ANI)
