Khalistani separatist Pannun supports RaGa's anti-Sikh bias comment

Recent comments of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during his visit to the United States have ignited a political controversy, drawing sharp reactions from NDA leaders in India while it garnered endorsement from Khalistani separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a designated terrorist in India.

During an event in Washington DC, Rahul Gandhi said, "Fight in India is whether a Sikh will be allowed to wear turban and kada, go to gurdwara.”

Reacting to RaGa's comment, Pannu said in a statement, “Rahul’s statement on ‘existential threat to Sikhs in India’ is not only bold and pioneering but is also firmly grounded in the factual history of what Sikhs have been facing under successive regimes in India since 1947 and also corroborates SFJ’s stance on the justification for Punjab Independence Referendum to establish Sikh homeland Khalistan.”

 Pannun, co-founder of the banned outfit Sikhs for Justice, has been declared a terrorist by the Ministry of Home Affairs for promoting secessionism.

While addressing Indian Americans in the US during his visit, Rahul Gandhi accused the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) of viewing certain religions as inferior and framed the issue as a fight for religious freedom, not just politics.

“The fight is about whether a Sikh is going to be allowed to wear his turban in India or a kada in India. Or he, as a Sikh, is going to be able to go to a gurdwara in India. That's what the fight is about, not just for him, but for all religions," Rahul stated.