Indian TV host calls for underworld gangs to be hired to kill Sikhs in UK
Major Gaurav Arya a controversial Indian TV host and Hindu nationalist commentator has in a television broadcast called for pro-Indians in Britain to hire underworld gangs to kill Sikhs in the UK campaigning for Khalistan.
This follows a prominent Sikh protester last week tearing the Indian flag in front of the Indian External Affairs Minister’s car in London.
Bob Blackman in Parliament last week criticised the Sikh protester who broke no laws and was not arrested. Blackman incorrectly stated the protester, who he called a Khalistani thug, attacked the Indian External Affairs Minister.
The peaceful protester did no such thing, made no attempt to get close to the Indian External Affairs Minister and simply blocked his car for a couple of seconds to register a simple protest.
Bob Blackman once again abused his Parliamentary privilege and his role as Chair of the Backbench Committee by irresponsibly and grossly exaggerating the incident in Parliament.
Blackman was mocked on social media for being unable to pronounce the Indian External Affairs Minister’s name and referring in Parliament to the Geneva Convention (about humanitarian treatment in war) when he probably meant to refer to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
In 2017 Bob Blackman invited and honoured Major Gaurav Arya, who is affiliated to the ruling right-wing BJP Indian government. Bob Blackman has been asked to condemn Major Gaurav Arya in Parliament for his shocking call in an Indian television broadcast to hire underworld gangs to kill Sikhs in the UK.
A photograph of Conservative peer Rami Ranger honouring Major Gaurav Arya and the former Cabinet Minister Sajid Javid meeting him are also being circulated. They and the Conservative Party have been asked to condemn Major Gaurav Arya and distance themselves from him and his outrageous comments.
Dabinderjit Singh OBE, the Sikh Federation’s Lead Executive for political engagement said: “We have today written to the Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary as this is another example of transnational repression by the Indian government targeting Sikh activists that has come under the radar of the Five Eyes nations for the last two years.”
It also highlights the massive risk of Bob Blackman making false statements and exaggerating in Parliament. We hope his comments in Parliament have not led to Major Gaurav Arya suggesting gangs are hired to kill Sikhs in the UK.
We have told the Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary this should not be seen as an empty threat and provided confidential information.”
He added: “The letter states the UK Government has deliberately not been transparent about the threat faced by Sikhs in this country and counter terror police have suppressed information on threat to life warnings and the arrest of a man by counter terror police with a firearm outside the residence of a prominent Sikh.
We have confidentially raised these matters with the Prime Minister and Home Office Ministers, but they do not want to engage and publicly acknowledge the specific threat fearing relations with the Indian government will significantly deteriorate.
However, this shocking broadcast requires the UK Government to publicly condemn Major Gaurav Arya and rebuke the Indian authorities for allowing such inflammatory statements encouraging the hiring of gangs to kill Sikhs in the UK.”
He went onto say: “We have reminded them Gaurav Arya, directly threatened Avtar Singh Khanda in a video uploaded to his YouTube channel on 18 April 2023 where he stated: “Khanda, son, you are finished…the NIA [National Investigation Agency] will eliminate him.
A month later an NIA team from India came to London to investigate Avtar Singh Khanda. The Metropolitan Police confirmed the NIA were involved in “repressive activities” and they had communicated this to Conservative Home Office Ministers.”
A few weeks later 35-year old Avtar Singh Khanda suddenly and mysteriously died.”
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