Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), a radical pro-Khalistani group, held a protest outside UK Parliament on Monday, demanding British prime minister Boris Johnson to impose sanctions on India for the “genocide of Punjab farmers.”
The group was highly upset that the British High Commissioner Alex Ellis had termed the ongoing farmers’ protest as India’s “internal issue” and it was for the country to resolve.
The protest was termed “Kisaan Hut Khalistan.”
Pro-Khalistani activist Paramjeet Singh Pamma claimed that over 1700 farmers had allegedly been forced to commit suicide and over 325 farmers had died at Delhi borders protesting against the newly passed farm laws.
Earlier SFJ had donated $10,000 to the UN Human Rights High Commissioner to request for a ‘commission of inquiry’ to be set up. This came amid an intense crackdown on the pro-Khalistan outfit and its members and websites by the Government of India.
This despite various bodies and entitites, including the Joe Biden administration as well as IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath actually backed the farm reforms, not to say the assurances the centre gave to farmers on MSP and APMC mandis.
SFJ has been actively involved in hijacking the ongoing farmers’ protests and has organised protests outside Indian Missions in the US, Canada, UK, and Europe to ‘stand in solidarity’ with the protesting farmers of Punjab, as stated by the Centre in the Supreme Court.
Earlier, the SFJ also offered $1 million to farmers who were injured or whose tractors were damaged in the farmers’ protests. It had also offered a reward to anyone who would hoist the Khalistani flag at Red Fort on Republic Day and plotted to ‘plunge Delhi into darkness’.