Khalistan banner on Baisakhi: UK MP wants action
Thursday, 28/04/2016
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LONDON: A banner depicting a rifle and a slogan supporting a separate Sikh nation that appeared at a Baisakhi festival in the UK city of Birmingham has led to demands for action against those who raised the flag.
A British Asian MP has called for action against those behind the banner showing a rifle and a slogan for a separate Sikh state with the words ‘Khalistan Zindabad’ at the Baisakhi celebrations.
Pakistani-origin MP Khalid Mahmood said organisers of the event attended by hundreds of British Sikhs over the weekend should ensure such banners don’t feature in future celebrations.
“Khalistan Zindabad, as many people know, is a proscribed organisation in the European Union and the UK and therefore displaying that at a family event, and displaying those weapons openly at a family event, I think contravenes basic decency that we have,” Mahmood told the BBC on Tuesday.