Khalistani Terrorist Pannun Hails Rahul Gandhi’s Remark On Sikh Rights In India, Says It Justifies SFJ's Khalistan Referendum Campaign

Banned Khalistani terror outfit Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) has endorsed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's recent remarks about the religious freedom of Sikh community in India.

Gandhi's comments during an event in Washington DC have sparked a fresh controversy

Speaking at the event, Gandhi stated, "Fight in India is whether a Sikh will be allowed to wear turban and kada, go to gurdwara."

Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the co-founder of SFJ, released a statement claiming that Gandhi validated SFJ's global Khalistan Referendum campaign.

Pannun lauded Gandhi’s remarks as "bold and pioneering".

"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," Pannun said in the statement, Times of India reported.

Addressing a gathering of Indian-Americans, Rahul Gandhi accused the RSS of considering certain religions, languages, and communities as inferior to others.

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

In a direct interaction with a Sikh attendee, Gandhi inquired, "What is your name, brother with the turban?".

He followed by stating that "The fight is about whether a Sikh is going to be allowed to wear his turban in India or a kada in India. Or he, as a Sikh, is going to be able to go to a gurdwara. That's what the fight is about. And not just for him, for all religions," ToI reported.

"Fight is also about, I can see here in the crowd, people from Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Haryana, Telangana, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Kerala. When I say Kerala, I have been a Member of Parliament for Kerala. When I say Kerala, Kerala is a simple word, and Punjab is a simple word, but these are not simple words. This is your history, your language, your tradition. Your entire imagination is in these words,” the Congress leader said.

Gandhi is currently on a four-day tour of the United States. He began his visit in Dallas on Saturday, followed by his arrival in Washington DC on Monday.

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