Khalistan supporters 'enter' the White House?
Khalistan supporters 'enter' the White House…?
Prime minister Narendra Modi is about to reach America on his three-day official visit to attend the Quad summit. Hours before PM Modi's arrival in America, the white house met a group of Sikhs supporting the Khalistan movement. During this, the white house assured them of "protection from any international aggression on their soil". The white house said that it stands with American citizens to protect them from any harm within the country's data-borders. This development comes amid concerns that canada and the US are giving shelter to Khalistani separatists.
Groups associated with the Khalistan movement are banned in India
In fact, groups associated with the Khalistan movement are banned in India. Many of these organizations have carried out terrorist activities in the last few decades. While the US has not made any official comment on "giving shelter" to such elements. At the same time, canada has called it its "freedom of expression".
What did jaishankar say on US support for Khalistanis?
On this matter, External Affairs minister S jaishankar said, "India respects and follows freedom of expression, but freedom of expression does not mean freedom to support separatism. It does not mean freedom to threaten foreign diplomats or give political space to elements advocating violence." He said, "In any rule-based society, you would think that you would check the background of people, how they came, what passport they had, etc."
jaishankar had said, "If you have people whose presence itself is recorded on very dubious documents, then what does it say about you? It actually says that your vote bank is actually more powerful than your rule of law."