Sikh group to oppose Modi’s Canada visit

AMRITSAR: Sikh organization Sikhs For Justice” (SFJ) has announced to hold a parallel rally during the proposed visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Toronto.
Modi is expected to visit the Humber Bay Park memorial to pay tribute to the victims of 1985 Kanishka bombing on April 15.
Legal advisor of the organization Gurpatwant Singh Pannu and Jatinder Singh Grewal, director, International Policy in a joint press release issued here on Tuesday said that they were planning to bring hundreds of community members to converge at the memorial site to challenge the alleged labeling of Canadian Sikh as terrorists.
They alleged that holding Sikh living in Canada responsible for bombing of Air India Flight 182, Indian government had been pressuring the Canadian government to curb the Sikh activities in Canada.
They further alleged that the silent but nefarious motive behind Modi's planned visit to the memorial site was to terrorize and defame the Canadian Sikh community.
“We will expose PM Modi by holding public rallies and Indian government's organized campaign to tarnish the image of Canadian Sikhs”said Garewal.