Posters appear online promoting Khalistan rally in London on July 8, target leading Indian diplomats

LONDON: Just days after the San Francisco Indian consulate was set on fire at the weekend, a poster promoting a Khalistan “Kill India” rally outside the Indian high commission in London on July 8 has actually emerged on Twitter. A number of confidential Twitter accounts, with less than 10 fans each, all produced in June 2023, were promoting the very same tweet on Wednesday, mentioning, “Khalistan ‘KILL India’ Rallies 8 July to challenge #Indian Hand in Assassination of Nijjar”, and tagging different reporters that compose for the Indian media. The tweet has a poster marketing a “Khalistan Freedom Rally” on July 8 at 12.30 pm outside the “Embassy of India in London” with pictures of Indian high commissioner to the UK Vikram Doraiswami and Dr Shashank Vikram, consul-general of India, Birmingham. The poster wrongly identifies them as “the faces of Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killers in Vancouver”. It likewise mistakenly describes Vikram as being CG of the “Embassy of India in London.” It seems developed by Sikhs for Justice, which has its name blazoned it and which lags the informal Khalistan referendum. Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a designated terrorist and pro-Khalistan leader, was shot dead by 2 unknown shooters in British Columbia province, Canada, on June 18. Another tweet h
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