Separatist Gurpatwant Pannun Asks Sikhs Not Travel By Air India On November 19
Designated terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the founder of the banned Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), has released a new video asking Sikhs not to fly in Air India aircraft after November 19, as their lives can be under threat.
What happened?
Pannun has claimed that Air India would not be allowed to operate on November 19.?He highlighted that this is the same day on which the final match of the ongoing Cricket World Cup will take place.
"We are asking the Sikh people not to fly via Air India. From November 19, there will be a global blockade. Air India won't be allowed to operate. Sikh people, don't travel by Air India after November 19. Your life can be in danger," Pannun said in the video that is circulating on social media.
Pannun claimed that Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport would remain shut on November 19 and that its name would be changed.
"The name of this airport will be Shahid Beant Singh, Shahid Satwant Singh Khalistan airport, when Punjab will be liberated," he added.
Where and when?
As per Pannun, the IGI airport will be shut and Air India will not be allowed to operate on November 19.
Why?
Earlier, in September, he issued a threat against Hindu-Canadians asking them to leave Canada amid a diplomatic row between India and Canada over the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
The threats have come after?the ties between India and Canada have been strained after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alleged the involvement of "agents of the Indian government" in the killing of Nijjar in June.??
India had rejected the allegations as "absurd and motivated" and expelled a Canadian diplomat in a tit-for-tat move over Canada's decision.
How?
Pannun did not specify how or who will participate in his mission.
Who is he?
Gurpatwant Singh Pannun is one of the main leaders of the Khalistan movement, which advocates for a religion-based separate state carved out from Punjab and many neighbouring areas in India, to be known as Khalistan.
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