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The Khalistani movement is gaining momentum in Australia and Canada In less than a month, Australia has seen three separate anti-Hindu attacks on temples initiated by pro-Khalistani elements living in the country In the latest incident, a Hindu temple has been asked to cancel bhajan singing or face consequences In Canada also Hindu temples become the target of Sikh separatists Temple walls were defaced with anti-India slogans of ‘Khalistan Zindabad’ and ‘Hindustan Murdabad ’ The miscreants had also hailed slain Khalistani terrorist Jarnail S i n g h B h i n d r a n w a l e a s a m a r t y r S i k h s F o r J u s t i c e , t h e K h a l i s t a n i t e r r o r i s t o r g a n i s a t i o n b a n n e d b y t h e I n d i a n Government in 2019, is demanding a separate nation named Khalistan The demand was first raised by Bhindranwale

The khalistani movement that surfaced in the late 1970s and early 1980s spread like wildfire in Punjab, and it took authorities around two decades to eradicate the movement from Punjab’s soil Unfortunately, those who sympathised with Khalistanis are now reigniting the movement Furthermore, K h a l i s t a n i t e r r o r i s t s w h o f l e d I n d i a w e n t t o t h e U n i t e d Kingdom, United States, Canada and Australia, among other countries and continued their operations While Khalistani sympathisers in Canada, including those in the government there, have not quite shied away from extending support to break India forces, the ones who had moved to Australia had

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not been this anti-Hindu and anti-India However, in the last two years, the rise of incidents against the Hindu community involving Khalistani elements concerns India The Indian authorities reportedly warned the Australian authorities to be vigilant of such elements recently

There have been reports of Khalistani elements gaining momentum in Australia but failing to gain support like in Canada However, the incidents will rise as three Hindu temples have already been attacked in Australia and 2023 has just started Apart from the attacks on temples, there are some examples that point towards the uprising of Khalistani elements in Australia The Khalistani posters were also seen outside Plumpton Gurudwara The poster included photographs of the killers of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Beant Singh and Satwant Singh The poster read, “The Last Battle K h a l i s t a n R e f e r e n d u m V o t i n g J a n u a r y 2 9 , M e l b o u r n e ” OpIndia reported that Khalistani elements blamed Brahmins for the 1984 anti-Sikh genocide that took place after the assassination of former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi by her two former Sikh bodyguards Despite no religious motive behind the riots, Khalistani sympathisers have blamed Hindus India has asked Australian and Canadian governments to be vigilant to curb anti-India activities of the Khalistani separatists and also attacks on the Hindu temples