The presence of Khalistani elders in farmers protests reminds 70s – 90s especially the events of early 1980s. The vote bank political support and the money looted from the real farmers had nurtured the Khalistani terrorism. Huge funds allotted for Kashmir state was diverted else where.
It is sad to acknowledge that we still don't take worst disasters like Bhopal Gas tragedy (1984) and the Air India Kanishka bombing (1985) seriously enough. The "9/11" of Canada did not claim a prominent place in Canadian history and public memory, even though 280 Canadians were there in the plane. A number of the passengers on Flight 182, including Captain SS Bhinder in the cockpit, were known to have been Sikhs. Hence this did not move the Canadian government to act more decisively against the threat of terrorism.
Media like New York times tried to divert attention to Kashmir Liberation Army, Hindu terror and discounted the possibility of Sikhs.
From HARPREET'S BLOG, Two quick examples:-
1. After the Khalistani terrorists hijacked an Indian aircraft on 24 Aug 1984 to Lahore (5th such incident, btw), the Pakis found out that the hijacking was done with a toy pistol and in order to help them out, gave them a revolver. Then they asked the hijackers to take the plane to Dubai. Over there, the hijackers demanded that they be handed over to US authorities instead of India. However they were tricked by the Indian and UAE security agencies and brought to India. Upon investigation, it was found that the revolver was of German origin. Germany confirmed that that particular piece was part of a consignment delivered to Pak Army. This was promptly shared with the US. Unsurprisingly, the US refused to believe this due to ‘lack of evidence’, despite eyewitness accounts by the hijacked passengers having seen the revolver handed over in Lahore!
2. In second instance, Talwinder Singh Parmar, a known terrorist was arrested in West Germany in 1983 as he travelled by train from Zurich due to an Interpol lock-out notice. CBI was informed by the Germans thru the Interpol who asked for his custody for trial in cases against him in India. Germany asked for details and was info that a CBI team would be flying to Bonn with the same. However, even before the CBI team took off, the Indian consul general in Vancouver messaged that Talwinder Singh had been released and had even addressed a religious congregation in a local Gurudwara wherein he’d threatened violence against India. Upon being asked as to why they released him, the Germans claimed it was due to delay on Indian part, a patently false statement since the Indian authorities had been prompt in their actions. Talwinder Singh would get back to Canada and play a major part in the Kanishka bombing, an act for which the Canadian Govt’s role is still under a cloud.
https://cestmoizblog.com/2017/10/13/west-and-terror-the-story-of-kanishka-bombing
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