It began on March 19, when a group of people shouted pro-Khalistan slogans outside the Indian High Commission in London. In addition to flinging bottles and colour-flares at the edifice, they took down the Indian national flag.
The fact that there were no police present to safeguard the Indian mission at the time is just as shocking as their vandalism. Another attack followed a couple of days later. Meanwhile, protests for Khalistan have also taken place in the US and Canada. They broke through security barriers to attack and damage Indian mission buildings in Washington DC and San Francisco and in Vancouver in Canada.
Source: Asianet Newsable
A leading Indian journalist was injured by Khalistan supporters outside the Indian embassy in the American capital. The spike in Khalistan movement in cities. in the West comes amid a large manhunt for Amritpal Singh, leader of the hardline Waris Punjab Division, in India.
In addition to the attacks carried out by supporters of Khalistan, India is understandably concerned about the UK, US, and Canadian governments’ failures to protect Indian missions there. Foreign missions on a country’s territory must be kept secure, according to the host government.
Foreign Minister S Jaishankar has issued a forceful statement underlining that these governments need to go beyond simply verbal assurances to acting to really give our posts overseas protection. India has chosen a tit-for-tat strategy in addition to summoning their envoys to Delhi. It downgraded security outside the British High Commissioner’s residence in Delhi.
Source: The Print
Western governments have failed India for decades in the context of the Khalistan militancy. For the past two years, Khalistan militants have organised referendums throughout Europe and North America, despite Indian concerns. In the name of supporting democracy, Western countries have mollycoddled Khalistan supporters. However, those who support a violent terrorist campaign and call for Khalistan are not democratic.
Indian concerns must be taken seriously by Western governments, and they must stop allowing anti-Indian activities on their soil.
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