Australian Hindus name out state-owned media for whitewashing pro-Khalistani actions

On June 11, the Australian Hindu Association Inc (AHA) referred to as out state-owned media homes, together with ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) and SBS (Special Broadcasting Service), for whitewashing pro-Khalistani actions within the nation. Speaking to OpIndia, President of AHA Amendra Singh identified {that a} latest report on ABC by journalist Stephen Dziedzic sidelined the considerations of AHA and Indians residing within the nation. Furthermore, Dziedzic extensively quoted members of a doubtful non-registered organisation named ‘Sovereign Sikh Society,’ which justified the referendum 2020. The report additionally skipped the identified hyperlinks of the Khalistan second to violence and terror.

The report talked concerning the so-called rigidity flaring up amongst Sikhs and Hindus residing in Australia within the wake of voting designed to construct “political support for an independent Sikh state in India”.

While the report talked about that the so-called referendum has no authorized standing, it failed to elucidate why the latest voting was held at a building website. Interestingly, native Hindus, primarily AHA, and the federal government of India raised objections to the rising Khalistani components in Australia that impacted such occasions.

After 4 venues refused to permit their premises for use for the terror-linked Khalistani cult’s Sydney Referendum,it was @AkuraAssemble which allowed its building website at 24 Sterling Rd, Minchinbury for use. Akura Constructions is owned by Troy Robert Wallace @ASIOGovAu pic.twitter.com/qDbTBIYEix

— Australian Hindu Media (@austhindu) June 4, 2023

Prime Minister Modi talked about the difficulty whereas assembly with the Australian PM Anthony Albanese a number of occasions. The Ministry of External Affairs officers additionally talked about the rising Khalistani components to their counterparts. AHA wrote to the legislation enforcement businesses of the areas the place referendum voting was scheduled and knowledgeable the venue officers about the actual intentions behind the voting resulting in the reserving cancellation a number of occasions. So a lot in order that when the Masonic Centre of Sydney discovered that they have been misinformed concerning the 2020 referendum, they cancelled the occasion resulting in huge embracement for the Khalistani components.

ABC’s report made it look as if it was Hindus who attacked the Khalistani components. Quoting New South Wales police spokesperson, they talked about two males have been arrested for carrying a knife in a public place. They additionally quoted a Sikh organisation that claimed a person with a pro-Khalistan sticker on his automobile was attacked.

Sovereign Sikh Society was quoted by ABC saying, “The “proof of the pudding lies in examining the incidents themselves. It is crucial to objectively assess which community members were involved in carrying weapons to harm or were hurling abuses.”

The report made it appear like a Sikh-Hindu battle. Quoting spokesperson for the NSW Minister for Multiculturalism, Steve Kamper, suggesting latest arrests have been regarding. “The Minister for Multiculturalism and Multicultural NSW are continually engaging in ongoing dialogue with community leaders to mitigate risks to community harmony and to de-escalate tensions. We all need to respect each other as Australians and respect the laws and democratic freedoms we all enjoy.”

It is evident from the assertion that the Australian media are systematically whitewashing the wrongdoings of Khalistani components. Remarks on “community conflict” coming from state-owned media and state officers are regarding.

Notably, AHA talked about in one in every of its tweets that there have been extra supporters in comparison with voters on the Sydney occasion.

With extra assist staff than voters, Sydney’s teetering Khalistan Referendum lastly came about at a distant building website. Organisers tried to bolster numbers with free buses. Familiar faces who had already voted within the Melbourne & Brisbane Referendums may very well be noticed. pic.twitter.com/qZEr5yumXS

— Australian Hindu Media (@austhindu) June 4, 2023
Concerns of AHA have been ignored regardless of detailed interplay with the reporter

Speaking to OpIndia, Singh mentioned, “The ABC and SBS (another State-owned broadcaster) have a history of being propaganda mouthpieces for anti-Indian and anti-Hindu causes such as the Khalistan movement.”

He added that he was shocked when ABC contacted him for remark. However, upon studying the questions Dziedzic had posted, it was clear what the agenda was. He mentioned, “When I read the questions Dziedzic had posed, it became apparent that his agenda was trying to associate the AHA and Hindus with violence and to characterise the referendums as some kind of Hindu-Sikh conflict, none of which is true.”

Despite the actual fact it was occurring the fallacious line of dialogue, Singh determined to supply an in depth response to every of the questions posed by Dziedzic. He additionally offered him with a replica of his letter to NSW Police, which set out why a Khalistan Referendum shouldn’t be held on the Sydney Masonic Centre.

However, the report skipped important components of the dialogue. It didn’t point out how members of Sovereign Sikh Society, together with Laddi Lahoria and its spokesperson Naseeb Kaur have insulted India, Hindu and Hindu deities.

Racist Khalistani spokesperson Naseeb Kaur, who was preening across the Minchinbury referendum flaunting 2 daggers, spills the beans: she is a mate of the grub – Laddi Lahoria, a busload of voters was introduced in from Melbourne & she thinks Indians are most uncivilised. pic.twitter.com/6n7NOmZnIv

— Australian Hindu Media (@austhindu) June 5, 2023

Singh mentioned, “Sovereign Sikh Society is a front for the banned terror outfit – Sikhs for Justice. Neither entity is registered in Australia. Yet, no Australian journalist has bothered to investigate how these referendums, the costs of which must be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, are funded by invisible organisers.”

He added that Australians have complained about bias within the ABC and SBS up to now, however the complaints have been ignored. “Independent Ombudsmen must be appointed to ensure fairness in reporting both the ABC and SBS,” Singh mentioned.

Singh additionally offered an inventory of questions and solutions that AHA offered to the journalist. While the report talked about 5 temples have been attacked, the main points of different assaults that AHA offered weren’t included. Furthermore, ABC fully ignored the considerations raised by AHA over terror hyperlinks to the Khalistani motion. AHA expressed considerations over the non-action from the federal businesses, Victorian Police, to analyze crimes towards Hindus.

Furthermore, AHA sought a process power to analyze the spate of hate crimes towards Hindus and Hindu establishments, public enquiry into the actions of the Khalistani motion in Australia, together with its supply of funding and hyperlinks to Sikhs For Justice, uniform legislation towards carrying weapons in public locations, uniform legislation to make it a severe indictable offence to commit at, on or in direction of a spot of worship and uniform legislation towards putting in unlawful posters and hoardings in public locations. All these calls for didn’t discover a place within the report.

Rise of Khalistan in Australia

Recently, Australia has seen a number of assaults on Hindu locations of worship and Hindu institutions initiated by pro-Khalistani components residing within the nation. These assaults are in sync with the rise of supporters of the pro-Khalistani motion on the behest of terrorist organisations resembling Sikhs For Justice. Notably, SFJ, the Khalistani terrorist organisation banned by the Indian Government in 2019 below UAPA, is conducting the so-called voting demanding a separate nation named Khalistan. A requirement that the Khalistani terrorist Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale raised.

The khalistani motion that paced up within the late Nineteen Seventies and early Nineteen Eighties unfold like wildfire in Punjab, and it took authorities round 20 years to eradicate the motion from Punjab’s soil. Unfortunately, those that sympathised with Khalistanis are actually reigniting the motion. Furthermore, Khalistani terrorists who fled India went to the United Kingdom, United States, Canada and Australia, amongst different nations and continued their operations.

There have been experiences of Khalistani components rising in Australia however failing to realize assist like in Canada. However, the incidents will enhance as 5 Hindu temples have already been attacked in Australia, and 2023 has simply began. Apart from the assaults on temples, listed below are some examples that time in direction of the rebellion of Khalistani components in Australia.

Incidents resembling referendum voting, pro-Khalistani slogans and posters throughout Nagar Kirtan, and pro-Khalistani shows at Gurdwaras have raised considerations.