Melbourne: Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), a pro-Khalistan secessionist organization, has declared that the Australian Phase of the Punjab Independence Referendum will be held in Melbourne on January 29, 2023.
Terming the ongoing global Khalistan Referendum as the last battle to “Kill The Indian Hindutva System” that is responsible for the Sikh Genocide and to “Liberate Punjab”. Gurpatwant Singh Pannun said, Khalistan Referendum Voting Centre in Melbourne has been dedicated to Shaheed Satwant Singh and Shaheed Kehar Singh – the assassins of Indira Gandhi who were hanged on 6 January1989 in Tihar Jail Delhi.
On 31 October 1984, former Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by Shaheed Beant Singh and Shaheed Satwant Singh for ordering Operation Bluestar resulting in the desecration of Sri Akal Takht Sahib and massacre of 10,000+ Sikh pilgrims in June 1984.
Gurpatwant Singh Pannun said, “In the wake of Indira Gandhi’s assassination, more than 30,000 Sikhs were targeted and killed, women raped and Gurdwaras burnt across India by the Hindu mobs with the active connivance of the administration during the first week of November 1984.
Till date none of the known Hindu leader who led death squads during the November 1984 Sikh Genocide have been convicted.
We are dedicating the Australian phase of the Khalistan Referendum to our hero Sikh martyrs.” From London, where the Khalistan Referendum Voting started on 31 October 2021, so far more than 600,000+ Sikhs have voted in the polling held at Geneva, Milan, Rome and Toronto.
The global voting in Khalistan Referendum is being held under the supervision of the Punjab Referendum Commission. Khalistan Referendum has drawn fierce opposition from New Delhi, Indian media and pro-India segments of Non-Resident Indians (NRIs). Indian government has been pro-actively labelling and equating the unofficial referendum on Khalistan as “terrorism” and has declared SFJ as an illegal organisation under the controversial Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) of India. Already, SFJ leader Pannu called for a referendum on Khalistan, separation from the mainland, by 26 January 2023. Pannu has urged the Sikh community to support the Khalistan referendum to create a Sikh homeland in “Indian Occupied Punjab”.
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