When there’s no motion…: Canada temple frame member on vandalism in August

Over a month has handed since a Hindu temple used to be vandalised in Canada’s British Columbia, however there’s no knowledge on what motion has been taken, stated Purushottam Goyal, member of the temple’s managing committee.

Talking to India Lately, Goyal stated, “When the government take no motion in opposition to violence, it creates an influence that they stand in toughen of the ones spreading violence.”

The Lakshmi Narayan temple in Surrey, is among the largest and oldest Hindu temples in British Columbia. It used to be vandalised with Khalistani posters on August 12.

The posters learn, “Canada investigates India’s function in June 18th assassination”. The poster on the door additionally had a photograph of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who used to be killed outdoor a gurdwara in Surrey by way of two unidentified males.

Goyal stated that the temple committee had no longer been apprised of the investigation into the incident and of who have been known because the accused at the back of it.

At the Khalistani motion in Canada, Goyal stated, “Only some other folks toughen the call for for Khalistan, however it isn’t tricky to get 100 or 200 other folks in combination and create a ruckus.”

He stated that Khalistanis keep watch over two out of 20 gurdwaras in Fraser, however the ones no longer of their keep watch over are afraid to talk in opposition to them.

“When the Top Commissioner got here right here in March, they (Khalistani separatists) threatened violence or even assaulted individuals who sought after to fulfill the HCI for dinner,” he stated, including that the government didn’t arrest or prevent the ones inflicting violence.

Significantly, Top Minister Narendra Modi visited the Lakshmi Narayan Temple all the way through his talk over with to Canada in 2015.

Purushottam Goyal additionally condemned Canadian Top Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations of Indian govt brokers being inquisitive about Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing, and referred to as them “completely irresponsible”.

Hardeep Singh Nijjar used to be the top of the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib in Canada’s Surrey.

Taking a dig at Canadian MP Jagmeet Singh, Goyal stated that he helps the Khalistani motion. “Jagmeet Singh helps the violent Khalistan motion. The Canadian govt is status simplest together with his toughen, and is making such statements.”

Goyal stated that when the temple used to be vandalised in August, a neighborhood assembly used to be referred to as. Then again, not one of the Canadian MPs and MLAs got here to turn toughen, he stated.

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Sep 29, 2023