{"id":6358,"date":"2023-07-09T11:40:33","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T10:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/khalistan-rally-in-canada-overshadowed-by-pro-india-gathering\/%e0%a4%8f%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b2%e0%a5%82%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%b5\/"},"modified":"2023-07-09T11:40:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T10:40:33","slug":"khalistan-rally-in-canada-overshadowed-by-pro-india-gathering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loktaknews.com\/?p=6358","title":{"rendered":"Khalistan Rally In Canada Overshadowed By Pro-India Gathering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-07\/6mjjrh3g_khalistan-protest-canada_625x300_09_July_23.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"ins_storybody\"><!-- \n\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"sp-cn ins_storybody\" id=\"ins_storybody\">--><b class=\"place_cont\">Toronto: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>The pro-Khalistan rally in Toronto turned out to be a damp squib today with several members from the Indian community also gathering at the venue with the national flag.<\/p>\n<p>A handful of pro-Khalistan supporters gathered outside the Indian consulate in Canada&#8217;s Toronto today, but they were severely outnumbered by members of the Indian community who waved the national flag and raised slogans like &#8220;Bharat Mata ki jai&#8221;, &#8220;Vande Mataram&#8221; and &#8220;Long Live India&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Khalistani group had posters of Sikhs For Justice leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was killed in UK on June 18.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WATCH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WATCH<\/a> | Members of the Indian diaspora held a counter protest against pro-Khalistan supporters in front of the Indian consulate in Canada&#8217;s Toronto on July 8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lZvRiSdVs1\">pic.twitter.com\/lZvRiSdVs1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ANI (@ANI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/1677906945867382784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier this month, the &#8216;Khalistan freedom rally&#8217; poster had sparked outrage across India by calling India&#8217;s High Commissioner to Ottawa Sanjay Kumar Verma and Consul General in Toronto Apoorva Srivastava as &#8220;killers&#8221; of the Khalistan Tiger Force chief Hardeep Singh Nijjar.<\/p>\n<p>It came a month after Khalistanis, marking the 39th anniversary of Operation Blue Star, put up a tableau of late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi with blood on her clothes and a poster that read, &#8220;Revenge of attack on Shri Darbar Sahib&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>India summoned the Canadian envoy in New Delhi on Monday and issued a demarche over the increasing activities by pro-Khalistani elements in Canada.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/khalistan-rally-in-canada-overshadowed-by-pro-india-gathering-4191012\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Toronto: The pro-Khalistan rally in Toronto turned out to be a damp squib today with several members from the Indian community also gathering at the venue with the national flag. 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