Khalistanists hoisted colors, flags on Mahatma Gandhi’s statue against agricultural law

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Washington: In India, Sikh-American youth demonstrated in support of farmers opposing the new agricultural laws, and during this time Khalistani separatists disrespected the statue of Mahatma Gandhi. In addition to Greater Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia, hundreds of Sikhs from states such as New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio, and North Carolina took out a car rally to the Indian Embassy in Washington DC.

Meanwhile, some Sikhs came there with Khalistani flags along with anti-India posters and banners. Many banners had “The Republic of Khalistan” written on them. Some of these Khalistani Sikhs came in front of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi holding a saber in hand and affixed a poster on it. The group also raised slogans in support of anti-India and Khalistan. The Indian embassy issued a statement condemning “this evil act of people who commit hooliganism as protesters”. The embassy said that it has lodged a strong protest in this regard with the US law enforcement agencies and has also taken up the matter with the US State Department for investigation and action under the law. When all this happened on Saturday afternoon, a large number of Washington DC Police and Secret Service personnel were present there.

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About half an hour later, another group of Khalistani supporters tied a poster of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the help of a rope around the statue’s neck. More than an hour later, an agent of the Secret Service appeared towards the statue and clearly told the Khalistan supporters that they were violating the law. US President Donald Trump issued an executive order on June 26, which states that damage to public property or disrespect of a monument in the US can lead to imprisonment of up to 10 years. This statue of Mahatma Gandhi was unveiled by the then Prime Minister Atal Bihar Vajpayee in the presence of the then US President Bill Clinton on September 16, 2000. This incident of disrespect of the statue has happened for the second time. Earlier, a similar incident took place at midnight on June 2 and 3.

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