IOC Man Bajwa Has Been Stirring Controversy By Going After Khalistanis in Canada But He May Be Looking At Defamation Law Suits On Latest Allegations
Vikram Bajwa, the supposed Indian Overseas Congress president, told the media in India that Conservative MP Nina Grewal and former Liberal MP Sukh Dhaliwal have raised funds for the Khalistan militant campaign. A claim both Dhaliwal and Grewal strongly refuted to the media here. Nina Grewal says she has never been to Pakistan and Dhaliwal’s lawyer said his client has only been to Pakistan once during his trip to India last year. Why is Bajwa making these claims now? It’s part of corrupt Congress party’s efforts to dictate to visiting Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird and the Conservative government to clamp down on Canadian Sikhs who have been taking the Indian government to task on human rights abuses in India and the party’s role in murdering thousands of Sikhs during the 1984 massacre of Sikhs in New Delhi. Despite India’s cries, Baird and his rightwing government can’t do anything about Khalistanis propagating for Khalistan in Canada because under free speech laws, they are – wrongly or rightly – free to keep asking for a Sikh state. In fact, the Indian government’s zealousness on the Khalistan issue is playing right into the hands of Khalistanis, who like nothing better than having their agenda thrive on the national and international scene!
By R. Paul Dhillon With News Files
SURREY – Vikram Bajwa, the supposed Indian Overseas Congress president, told media in India that Conservative MP Nina Grewal and former Liberal MP Sukh Dhaliwal have raised funds for the Khalistan militant campaign. A claim both Dhaliwal and Grewal strongly refuted to the media here.
Why is Bajwa making these claims now?
It’s part of corrupt Congress party’s efforts to dictate to visiting Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird and the Conservative government to clamp down on Canadian Sikhs who have been taking the Indian government to task on human rights abuses in India and the party’s role in murdering thousands of Sikhs during the 1984 massacre of Sikhs in New Delhi.
But there isn’t much the Canadian government can do to curb free speech and the rights of Sikh groups like the World Sikh Organization to continue taking India to task on human rights abuses and the failure of the government to prosecute those involved in the murder of thousands of Sikhs during the Delhi massacre in 1984.
In fact, Baird and his rightwing government can’t even do anything about Khalistanis propagating for Khalistan in Canada because under free speech laws, they are – wrongly or rightly – free to keep asking for a Sikh state.
The Indian government’s zealousness on the Khalistan issue is playing right into the hands of Khalistanis, who like nothing better than having their agenda thrive on the national and international scene!
According to a story in the Province newspaper, the Indian media reported last week that Vikram Bajwa, the IOC president and former Surrey mayoral candidate, made allegations that Grewal and Dhaliwal have travelled frequently to Pakistan to collect funds that were diverted to keep the Khalistan militant campaign, which seeks to create a separate Punjab state, alive.
Grewal, the Conservative MP for Fleetwood-Port Kells, and Dhaliwal, who was Liberal MP for Newton-North Delta from 2006 to 2011, both strongly denied the report.
“[Bajwa] has made slanderous, false allegations against me that have not a shred of truth to them. He claims that I frequently visit Pakistan – although I’ve never been there. He claims I collected money while there for a Khalistan campaign – totally false and impossible since I’ve have never even visited the country,” said Grewal told the Province.
“[He] has fabricated a story that has absolutely no basis in reality. His claims are without fact or merit.”
Dhaliwal issued a statement through his lawyer Leslie Mackoff to the Province , also refuting all claims made by Bajwa.
“Mr. Dhaliwal has been to Pakistan once in his life in conjunction with a trip to India in 2011. He has never provided support of any type to the Khalistan movement. It is abundantly clear to us that Mr. Bajwa is committed to making mischief without any factual foundation for doing so.”
Both Grewal and Dhaliwal’s lawyer demanded an immediately apology and retraction by Bajwa, and said that any publication of his claims would be slander.
The claim came on the heels of Foreign Minister John Baird assuring Indian reporters that Canada was committed to curbing extremist groups amidst reports of stepped-up activities of Khalistani militants.
“We are committed to doing whatever we can within the limits of the constitution to curb activities of such extremist groups in Canada,” Baird told reporters in New Delhi during a joint press conference with Indian external affairs minister SM Krishna.
