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Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ UPDATE: Guilty pleas over killing of acquitted <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Khalistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Khalistan</span></a> terrorist</p><p>On 23 June 1985, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AirIndia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirIndia</span></a> flight 182 from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> blew up killing all 329 passengers, mostly <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canadian</span></a>. About the same time, a 2nd bomb exploded prematurely in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a>, killing two baggage handlers.</p><p>The bombings were carried out by Canada-based <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sikhs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sikhs</span></a> in retaliation for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OperationBlueStar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OperationBlueStar</span></a> and remain Canada's DEADLIEST terror attack.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@MaybeMyMonkeys" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MaybeMyMonkeys</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@aakhirtak" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>aakhirtak</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@moneymoves" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>moneymoves</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@driftingThoughts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>driftingThoughts</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg2grke83yo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/ckg2grke</span><span class="invisible">83yo</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ Fresh news relevant to above via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@moneymoves" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>moneymoves</span></a></span></p><p>While <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Khalistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Khalistan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/separatists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>separatists</span></a> among <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sikh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sikh</span></a> diaspora in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> try to export <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/secessionist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>secessionist</span></a> ideology to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Akali" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Akali</span></a> Sikhs are joining the party of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndiraGandhi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndiraGandhi</span></a> who launched <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OperationBlueStar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OperationBlueStar</span></a> to flush Khalistani terrorists out of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoldenTemple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoldenTemple</span></a> and was subsequently assassinated by her own Sikh bodyguards 40 years ago.</p><p>Rightful slap in the face of foreign <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Khalistani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Khalistani</span></a> elements</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@MaybeMyMonkeys" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MaybeMyMonkeys</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@driftingThoughts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>driftingThoughts</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@loran_hayden" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>loran_hayden</span></a></span><br><a href="https://moneymoves.press/2024/10/19/shock-to-akali-dal-in-jalalabad-traditional-leader-davinder-singh-babbal-joins-congress-raja-vading-pours-out-his-blood-fazilka-news/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">moneymoves.press/2024/10/19/sh</span><span class="invisible">ock-to-akali-dal-in-jalalabad-traditional-leader-davinder-singh-babbal-joins-congress-raja-vading-pours-out-his-blood-fazilka-news/</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBC</span></a> has an accurate and historically correct description of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Khalistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Khalistan</span></a> secessionist movement in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> and its recent revival in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>. </p><p>It was a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/terrorist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>terrorist</span></a> movement that caused 1000s of deaths in 1980s</p><p>In <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OperationBlueStar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OperationBlueStar</span></a>, Indian army stormed <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoldenTemple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoldenTemple</span></a> to flush out militants holed up inside</p><p>PM <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndiraGandhi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndiraGandhi</span></a> was assassinated by her own <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sikh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sikh</span></a> bodyguards for that</p><p>ALL mainstream political parties, incl in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Punjab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Punjab</span></a>, are united in opposition to separatism.</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-66852291" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-</span><span class="invisible">66852291</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️</p><p>Although <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AP</span></a> describes <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Khalistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Khalistan</span></a> as a bloody armed <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/insurgency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insurgency</span></a> that shook <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> in the 1970s and 1980s, it distorts it as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>independence</span></a> movement</p><p>AP acknowledges: “In 1984, Indian forces stormed the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoldenTemple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoldenTemple</span></a> to flush out <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/separatists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>separatists</span></a> who had taken refuge there”</p><p>“The dead included <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sikh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sikh</span></a> militant leader Jarnail Singh <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bhindranwale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bhindranwale</span></a>… leading the armed insurgency”</p><p>PM <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndiraGandhi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndiraGandhi</span></a>, who ordered <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OperationBlueStar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OperationBlueStar</span></a> was later assassinated by her own Sikh bodyguards</p><p>⬇️<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/sikh-united-states-charges-india-canada-assassination-0170d3406501d9e9e6ec1149382852a2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/sikh-united</span><span class="invisible">-states-charges-india-canada-assassination-0170d3406501d9e9e6ec1149382852a2</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Khalistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Khalistan</span></a> is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/secessionist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>secessionist</span></a> </p><p>When <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BritishIndia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishIndia</span></a> was partitioned in 1947 on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hindu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hindu</span></a>-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Muslim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Muslim</span></a> lines, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Punjab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Punjab</span></a> was part of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>independent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> &amp; remains its integral part</p><p>India is NOT “occupying” it. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sikhs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sikhs</span></a> don’t identify with Muslims</p><p>Egged on by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pakistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pakistan</span></a>, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/separatist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>separatist</span></a> movement ran a decade-long <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/terror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>terror</span></a> campaign in India under Sikh militant leader <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bhindranwale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bhindranwale</span></a>, who was killed in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OperationBlueStar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OperationBlueStar</span></a> when India flushed terrorists hiding in &amp; using <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoldenTemple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoldenTemple</span></a> as their command &amp; control center<br>⬇️</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>Patently FALSE retelling of history by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlJazeera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlJazeera</span></a>.</p><p>&gt;&gt; separatist struggle turned particularly violent in the 1980s AFTER then-Indian PM <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndiraGandhi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndiraGandhi</span></a> ordered a raid on a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sikh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sikh</span></a> temple to root out leaders of the Khalistan movement.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Khalistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Khalistan</span></a> separatists, egged on by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pakistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pakistan</span></a> ran a decade-long campaign of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/terror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>terror</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> where they brazenly gunned down civilians in broad daylight</p><p>Decade of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Secessionist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Secessionist</span></a> violence BEFORE <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OperationBlueStar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OperationBlueStar</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nijjar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nijjar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Brotherhood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brotherhood</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/26/muslim-canadians-express-anger-concern-after-killing-of-sikh-leader" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/26/m</span><span class="invisible">uslim-canadians-express-anger-concern-after-killing-of-sikh-leader</span></a></p>