Khalistan terrorist Pannun backs Rahul Gandhi's remarks on Sikhs, says, 'justifies demand for Khalistan'

Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a designated Khalistani terrorist has backed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his recent bold remarks on whether a Sikh would be allowed to wear a turban or kada in India. 

The co-founder of Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), Pannun, said that "bold and pioneering" remarks by Gandhi, justify the demand for a separate Khalistani state. 

Rahul Gandhi's remarks

Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi, while speaking at an event in Herndon, Virginia in the United States, on Monday (Sep 9), said, "The fight (in India) is about whether a Sikh is going to be allowed to wear a turban...whether a Sikh will be allowed to wear a kada or go to the Gurudwara. That's what the fight is about, and it's not just for Sikhs, but for all religions."

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Pannun took to social media and said that Gandhi validated SFJ's global Khalistan Referendum campaign. 

'Bold and pioneering' 

Labelling Gandhi's remarks as "bold and pioneering", Pannun said, "Rahul's statement on 'existential threat to Sikhs in India' is not only bold and pioneering but is also firmly grounded in the factual history of what Sikhs have been facing under successive regimes in India since 1947 and also corroborates SFJ's stance on the justification for Punjab Independence Referendum to establish Sikh homeland Khalistan." 

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The Congress MP was addressing the gathering of Indian Americans in the US, where he also alleged that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) considered certain religions, languages, and communities as inferior to others. 

He added that the fight in India is not about politics but about the rights of individuals to practice their religion freely. 

(With inputs from agencies)