Gurpatwant Singh Pannun claimed that the statement made by Gandhi is "firmly grounded in the factual history of what Sikhs have been facing under successive regimes in India since 1947 and also corroborates SFJ's stance on the justification for Punjab Independence Referendum to establish Sikh homeland Khalistan."
Gurpatwant Pannun declared that the Punjab Chief Minister would be prevented from hosting the tricolour on Independence Day, in Punjab and whoever will succeed in stoppping will receive a prize of Rs 1 crore from banned organisation Sikhs for Justice.
Canadian MP Chandra Arya said, "Our land is being polluted by Khalistani extremists abusing our freedoms guaranteed by our Canadian Charter of Rights."
A US District Court spokesperson said Gupta is scheduled to appear in the lower Manhattan courthouse on federal murder-for-hire charges on Monday, the Amercian broadcaster said.
The Russian Foreign Ministry dismissed the US's allegations against India for a foiled assassination plot against pro-Khalistan radical Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, saying that Washington has not yet provided any reliable evidence of Indian citizens' involvement in the case
As the Indian readers called out the publication for its factual errors, The Guardian silently corrected the “Pannun’s death” to “Pannun plot”, and removed the wrong photo, without any acknowledgement of the errors.
New Zealand Deputy PM Winston Peters asked Canada to show evidence, if it had any, that could link India with the alleged murder of the Khalistani terrorist, Nijjar.