NEW DELHI: The founder of the Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) organisation, Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a designated terrorist, has made a new video in which he begs Sikhs not to board Air India flights after November 19 because they could endanger their lives. He asserted that on November 19, Air India will not be permitted to operate. “We are requesting that Sikhs avoid travelling on Air India. On November 19, there will be an international embargo. Air India will not be permitted to function. Sikhs, refrain from using Air India after November 19. In the video that is making the rounds on social media, Pannun stated, “Your life could be in danger.” According to Pannun, the name of the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in Delhi will change and it would remain closed on November 19. He emphasised that the present Cricket World Cup final match will take place on this same day. “It is the same day in November on which the final match of the World Terror Cup will be played,” he stated. “The name of this airport will be Shahid Beant Singh, Shahid Satwant Singh Khalistan airport, when Punjab will be liberated,” he stated. Chief of Staff for SFJ Pannun has threatened people before. Amidst a diplomatic spat between India and Canada after the murder of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in September, he called for Hindu-Canadians to leave the country. In a video that went viral on social media, Gurpatwant Singh Pannun said that Sikhs who supported Khalistan had continuously demonstrated their allegiance to Canada. He continued by threatening and pressuring Hindus living in Indo-Canada to leave the nation. Gurpatwant Singh Pannun’s hate speech went viral, and Hindu Forum Canada’s lawyers requested that the Canadian Immigration Minister forbid Pannun from entering the country.The lawyer for Hindu Forum Canada wrote to Mark Miller, Canada’s Minister of Immigration, claiming that Pannun’s recent remarks have traumatised and distressed both the Hindu community and the Canadian public at large. Hindu Forum Canada is an Ontario-based non-profit humanitarian organisation that promotes laws that improve the lives of minority populations in the country. Khalistani secessionists staged a ‘Referendum’ in Surrey, British Columbia, earlier in September. The founder of the outlawed Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), designated terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, attended the Khalistani separatist assembly at the Guru Nanak Singh Gurudwara in Surrey, Vancouver. Using menacing language, Pannun made a provocative statement directed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, and other prominent figures. He asserted that India’s territorial integrity was being threatened by separatists. Notably, after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau claimed that “agents of the Indian government” were involved in Nijjar’s June death, relations between India and Canada have deteriorated. In a tit-for-tat move over Canada’s decision, India had denied the claims as “absurd and motivated” and expelled a Canadian envoy. To date, Canada has not made available any proof to the public regarding the killing of Nijjar.
