Rabid hatemonger and leader of the banned Khalistani terrorist group, Sikh For Justice (SFJ), Gurpatwant Singh Pannun has issued yet another threat to flight passengers. Notably, Pannun who recently claimed that he had been in touch with Canadian PMO for the last two to three years, has now issued open threats to Air India flights in the coming days.
As per reports, on Monday, Pannun issued a fresh threat warning passengers not to fly on Air India flights from 1st to 19th November. The Self-anointed Justin Trudeau informer and currently the thorn in India-Canada, India-US ties, Pannun warned that an attack could take place on an Air India flight in this period which will mark the “40th anniversary of the Sikh genocide”.
Strikingly, it is pertinent to note that the Indian judicial system is pursuing a case against the perpetrators of the infamous 1984 anti-Sikh riots. But smear campaigns against India, continue to project the infamous episode as evidence of ‘India’s anti-Sikh’ stance. Such anti-India campaigns, deliberately omit the fact that it was orchestrated allegedly by a few Congress leaders and their supporters, rather than the country turning into be unsafe for the community.
Nonetheless, the SFJ terrorist, Pannun, who holds dual citizenship in Canada and the US, issued a similar threat last year in November. Back then, he released a threatening video in which he warned people against flying on Air India flights on 19th November.
Later that year, in December, Pannun threatened to attack the Indian Parliament on or before 13th December at a time when the US had claimed that they foiled an alleged assassination plot to kill Pannun. Incidentally, 13th December marks the anniversary of the terrorist attack on the Parliament in 2001.
Furthermore, the SFJ terrorist, living under the political patronage of the US and Canada, Pannun had threatened to kill Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Director General of State Police Gaurav Yadav on Republic Day this year.
The hatemonger also gave a call to gangsters to unite and launch an attack on Punjab CM Mann on 26th January.
Resurgence of threats and imprints of a redux of Trudeau Senior’s policy on Khalistani terrorism
Hate-monger, Pannun’s threat raises all the more concerns for the Indian security apparatus as the threat to an Air India flight comes at a time when there has been a barrage of threats directed at Indian airlines in recent days. A majority of these threats have turned out to be hoaxes but the surge in numbers is a cause of concern.
To add worries for the Indian security establishment, the Khalistani groups have reportedly claimed responsibility for the Rohini blast that took place outside a CRPF school in Delhi, yesterday. The attack has raised concern that the Khalistani threat, including one from Pannun, could not be taken lightly.
In an abject bid to pander before his ‘Khalistani’ voter base, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has destroyed diplomatic ties with India. Alleging that ‘Indian agents’ and Indian diplomats were involved in criminal activities directed against Khalistanis living in Canada, he passed sermons on ‘Rules-based International order’. Just like his father and Former Canadian PM Pierre Trudeau, he has been showing abject content to India’s warning about the extent of Khalistani radicalism and the imminent threat to the lives of Indian citizens living in Canada and ordinary Canadians.
Strikingly, he has been shielding, brazen threats issued by Khalistani terrorists, in the flimsy garb of ‘free speech’ and dissent. Incidentally, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs has revealed that Justin Trudeau’s administration has been sitting on over two dozen extradition requests and not taking action against Khalistani elements for political consideration. The development is a striking redux of how his father, Pierre Trudeau acted on India’s warnings in the early 1980s.
Back then, Pierre Trudeau’s support for Khalistani extremists dealt a severe blow to Indo-Canadian relations. During the 1980s, Punjab-based terrorists, including Babbar Khalsa leader Talwinder Singh Parmar—responsible for killing two Indian police officers—found refuge in Canada.
In striking parallel, despite India’s repeated extradition requests and intelligence warnings, Trudeau’s government refused to act against Khalistani terrorists. Parmar, free to operate, promoted violence against Indian diplomatic missions and ultimately orchestrated the 1985 Air India Flight 182 bombing, which killed all 329 passengers, mainly Canadians.
Though briefly detained, Parmar was released. Canada’s weak response angered Indian leaders, including the then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi. Trudeau gave a helping hand and allowed the Khalistani Terrorists to flourish inside Canada.
Pierre Trudeau created a lasting fracture in Indo-Canadian ties whose baton has been passed to his son Justin Trudeau and under his political patronage, Khalistani radicals continue to attack, assault, and issue threats to pro-India Canadian citizens, Hindus, and flights, putting the lives of ordinary Canadians in harm’s way just to gain Khalistani votes in the election slated next year.