Following Khalistani assault, NRIs rally in help of India exterior the Indian consulate in San Francisco

The San Francisco consulate of India, which was vandalised by Khalistan supporters earlier this week, was the positioning of a big peace rally by members of the Indian-American group in help of India.

On Sunday, March 19, a bunch of pro-Khalistan demonstrators attacked and vandalised the Indian consulate in San Francisco. They demolished the momentary safety barricades put up by the native police whereas shouting pro-Khalistan slogans and positioned two ‘Khalistani flags’ contained in the Consulate’s grounds. Soon after, two embassy staff took down these flags.

This is on the Indian Consulate in San Francisco, US
Pro-Khalistan protests confined to an area throughout the highway after safety heightened and barricades positioned exterior @CGISFO. pic.twitter.com/ebD5vwJP4m

— Geeta Mohan گیتا موہن गीता मोहन (@Geeta_Mohan) March 23, 2023

In an effort to point out their help for India, a big variety of Indian Americans travelled from San Francisco and the encompassing areas and waved the tricolour on the consulate on Friday. They denounced the damaging actions of the few separatist Sikhs who had been additionally current on the website.

#WATCH | United States: Indians collect exterior the Indian consulate in San Francisco in help of India’s unity pic.twitter.com/tuLxMBV3q0

— ANI (@ANI) March 25, 2023

To avert any unlucky incident, native law enforcement officials had been additionally current there in power. Some of the separatist Sikhs raised the flag of Khalistan and yelled pro-Khalistan slogans, however they had been swamped by the large group of Indian Americans who chanted pro-Indian slogans like ‘Vande Mataram’ and carried the Indian nationwide flag alongside the US one.

Recent months have seen a rise in anti-Indian actions by Khalistanis, who’ve defaced sure Hindu temples in Canada, Australia, and the UK.

The incident of vandalism on the Indian consulate common in San Francisco by pro-Khalistan people throughout an anti-India rally was introduced up by India in a gathering with the US Charge d’Affaires in Delhi.

In a gathering with the US Charge d’Affaires in Delhi, India conveyed its sturdy protest on the vandalisation of the property of the Consulate General of India, San Francisco: Ministry of External Affairs pic.twitter.com/KawjEK4Ifn

— ANI (@ANI) March 20, 2023

The US administration was reminded of its fundamental obligation to guard and safe diplomatic illustration and has been requested to take the required steps to cease comparable occurrences from occurring once more, in accordance with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MEA) in New Delhi.

Indian Embassy in Washington D.C additionally notified the US State Department on the identical subject.

In the US, there are roughly 4.2 million individuals of Indian origin or American Indian heritage. The third-largest Asian ethnic group within the US contains folks of Indian descent. 

Khalistanis have escalated their hostile actions after the crackdown on Sikh separatist group ‘Waris Punjab De’ and its radical chief Amritpal Singh.