UK Gurudwara condemns targeting of Indian High Commissioner, accuses Khalistani activists of disturbing congregation

Glasgow Gurdwara Sunday condemned Khalistani activists’ targeting of the Indian High Commissioner to the UK during his visit to the Sikh temple on Saturday. The General Secretary of Glasgow Gurudwara, Prabhjot Kaur, issued a public statement condemning the radical Sikh activists who stopped the Indian High Commissioner Vikram Doraiswami from entering the temple. She also alleged that the disruptors also disturbed the congregation at the Gurudwara even after the Indian High Commissioner left. “Certain unknown individuals from outside the Glasgow area attempted to disrupt this visit. Following this, the visiting party decided to leave the premises. After the departure of the visitors, these unruly individuals tenured to disturb the Gurdwara congregation,” Kaur said.

#WATCH | UK: On Vikram Doraiswami, Indian High Commissioner to the UK, stopped from entering Glasgow Gurudwara in Scotland, Prabhjot Kaur, General Secretary of Glasgow Gurdwara says, "An incident occurred on the 29th of September at Glasgow gurdwara, where the Indian High… pic.twitter.com/KjYgjvvJ9r

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On Saturday Sikh Youth UK posted a video showing Khalistani activists confronting officials at the gurudwara over making langar (the community kitchen at Sikh temples) arrangements for the Indian high commissioner Vikram Doraiswami. The official could be seen snatching away the camera from the activist.

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A few Khalistani activists tried to gang up on the high commissioner’s car before he had to eventually leave. The radical Sikh activists found out that Doraiswami had planned a meeting with the gurudwara committee and stormed the scene, Times of India reported. “A few people turned up and told him he was not welcome and he left. There was a slight confrontation. I don’t think the Gurdwara committee is too happy about what happened. But Indian officials are not welcome in any gurdwara in the UK,” TOI quoted a Khalistani activist as saying. “We are fed up with the UK-India collusion. The recent tensions since the Hardeep Singh Nijjar killing have led to British Sikhs being targeted. This is to do with Avtar Singh Khanda and Jagtar Singh Johal too.” Avtar Singh Khanda was a Khalistani activist, who, the National Investigation Agency believes, staged the violent protest at the Indian High Commission in London earlier this year in March. The ruckus saw the miscreants scale the wall of the High Commission building and take down India’s flag. He died a couple of months later in June. His medical records claimed that he died of blood cancer, but his supporters claimed that he was poisoned.