Khalistan propaganda event cancelled in Australia ahead of PM Modi’s go to

By Press Trust of India: A metropolis council in Sydney has cancelled a Khalistan propaganda event deliberate for subsequent month ensuing from security causes. Acting on security firms’ suggestion, permission for the event organised by the ‘Sikhs For Justice’ group in Blacktown City was revoked by city council, The Australia Today newspaper reported.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to go to Sydney on May 24 to attend the Quad Summit to be hosted by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

“Council has, this morning, cancelled this booking as it is in conflict with adopted Council policy and due to risks to Council staff, Council assets and members of the public which cannot be practicably mitigated,” an announcement by the council talked about.

Banners and posters of the event positioned throughout the metropolis have been eradicated, citing a shortage of approval. An investigation might be underway in direction of the Victoria-based group, the report extra talked about.

A connection to unaccounted money path is what we’re attempting into,” an official close to the matter was quoted as saying in the report.

This development comes after the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, a prominent Hindu temple in Sydney was defaced last week, allegedly by pro-Khalistani elements, with anti-India graffiti on the walls, in the latest incident of vandalism against Hindu temples in the country.

In March, during the visit of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised the issue of frequent attacks on Hindu Temples with him and conveyed his concerns.

On this, Albanese assured Modi that Australia would not tolerate attacks on religious places and that anyone responsible for such activities would face the “full stress of the regulation”.