The pro-Khalistani Sikh chief Amritpal Singh, who just lately acquired right into a violent altercation with the Punjab Police after the arrest of his shut support, Lovepreet Toofan has cleverly tried to keep away from answering why his ilk by no means demand a separate Punjab inside Pakistan.
“Now,” he has claimed, that the Khalistan motion shouldn’t be “limited to India alone,” his group will take it “across the border” as properly.
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Says, “Once we will make Khalistan here, we will go for #Lahore too. Khalsa will rule everyplace we were ruling.”
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Talking to the information channel, India Today, Amritpal said, “Britisher’s divided Punjab,” which in accordance with the separatist chief was a rustic. “We chose India in 1947 and accepted ourselves as Indian citizens,” he added.
He complained of not getting a state on linguistic grounds. “We didn’t get Punjab until 1966. Then, it was divided into Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. Chandigarh is currently disputed.”
On being requested, why don’t they make any such calls for for Khalistan in Lahore, which was the unique capital of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, he replied, “We are demanding Khalistan in India, because this is our country.”
Amritpal asserted, that they’ll take their motion to Pakistan after they achieve establishing Khalistan in India. “Once we make Khalistan here, we will go to Pakistan. Khalsa will rule every place it did before (during the time of Maharaja Ranjit Singh).”
He alleged that his actual effort is to resurrect Sikhi (Sikh faith) which can in flip revive Khalsa Raj, which really stands for Khalistan.
He didn’t make clear what does he imply by ‘resurrecting Sikhism’ as a result of Sikhism as a faith has been flourishing and rising in India, in distinction to Pakistan the place non-Muslims are persecuted and in Afghanistan the place Sikhs needed to be rescued by the Govt of India and dropped at India in particular planes to save lots of their lives.
According to him, he’s not breaking any regulation. “India is a democratic country. The Punjab Police will abide by the written commitment they have made. Otherwise, nobody will believe the police. We won’t have any more faith in them.”
He was questioned whether or not he’ll problem them (the police) any extra? “Why would I,” he requested, “if they won’t bring false accusations against me?”
Amritpal Singh is the present chief of ‘Waris Punjab De,’ based by late actor-turned-separatist Deep Sidhu.
Yesterday, on February 23, a big group of his followers who had been armed with lathis, swords and firearms stormed the police station to protest an FIR that had been filed towards him and a few of his cronies.
Amritpal had additionally issued a covert menace to house minister Amit shah, saying, “Amit Shah will have the same fate as Indira Gandhi,” on Deep Sidhu’s dying anniversary.