The sole purpose of this rally was to denounce such acts of terrorism and demand action against those who are responsible for the violence.
Our Bureau
San Francisco, CA
Many Indian Americans were present and took part in a peace rally in front of the Indian Consulate in San Francisco to show their disapproval of the attempted arson at the diplomatic facility by Khalistan supporters recently and express their solidarity with India.
Indian Americans from in and around San Francisco attended the rally with the sole purpose of denouncing such acts and described it as an act of terrorism, demanding that those who are responsible for violence be brought to justice.
Indian Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu visited the Consulate recently and took stock of the situation with Indian diplomats and officials at the mission.
India has been asking its partner countries like Canada, the UK, and the US not to give space to “extremist Khalistani ideology” as it does not augur well for bilateral relations, External Affairs Minister of India, S Jaishankar said recently in New Delhi.
A video by Khalistan supporters, dated July 2 posted on Twitter, showed the act of arson at the Indian Consulate in San Francisco, being the second such act of violence within months. On March 19, a group of pro-Khalistan protesters vandalized the Indian Consulate in San Francisco. Raising pro-Khalistan slogans, the protesters broke open the makeshift security barriers raised by the city police and installed 2 so-called Khalistani flags inside the Consulate premises, which were immediately removed by the consulate personnel.
