LONDON: Britain ki pehli female Sikh parliamentarian Preet Gill MP ne House of Commons ki manzil par "India se rabtaydar agen" ko British Sikhs par transnational repression ka ilzam lagaya hai jaise ke dusre Western countries mein rehne wale Sikhs par bhi.
Home Office ko zubani sawalat mein, Labour Sikh MP ne Security Minister Tom Tugendhat se poocha ke unke idaray ne "dusman dawlaton ke zariye transnational repression ka samna karne ke liye apne idare ne kya kadam uthaye hain" ka kya tajziya kiya hai.
Labour MP aur Barnsley Central ke Shadow Security Minister Dan Jarvis ne bhi India ke Sikhs par transnational repression ke bare mein ek mushabihat sawal kiya.
Birmingham Edgbaston se Labour Sikh MP ne home office ke zubani sawalat ke doran kaha: "Democracies mein dissent ko khamosh karne ke liye transnational repression bohot serious hoti hai aur ye aksar authoritarian states se aati hai. Haal hi mein Five Eyes nations ne shakhsiyat se rabtaydar agents ke amal ke leye India ke khilaf chandesh uthaye hain. Sab se pareshan kun baat ye hai ke yahan tak ke kehlaya gaya hai ke kuch qatalo ka bhi ilzam lagaya gaya hai aur kuch qatal koshishon ko rokne mein kamiyabi hasil ki gayi hai.
"Amreeka aur Canada ke authorities ne apne senior darjat par is challenge ko apne sovereignty, qanoon aur unke democratic values ke liye public tor par challenge karne ki lead li hai. Kya hamari government bhi utni hi himmat aur taqat dikhayegi ke UK mein Sikh activists ki democratic rights ko publicly defend karegi aur unhone UK mein Sikhs ki safety ka kya tajziya kiya hai."
MP ne is se mutaliq kaha ke Indian agents ne Canada mein Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar ko qatal kiya tha aur Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) ke general counsel, jo Khalistan Referendum chala raha hai, ko qatal karne ka plot fail kiya gaya tha. Hardeep Singh Nijjar Canada mein Khalistan Referendum campaign chala raha tha.
Government minister Tugendhat ne jawab diya ke British government "continually UK mein individual rights, freedoms aur safety ke potenshial threats ko tajziya karti hai" aur unhone apne intelligence services ka istemal karte hue kisi bhi threats ko mitigate karne ki koshish ki hai.
Minister ne bataya ke haal hi mein national security act mein foreign interference, including transnational repression, ko tackle karne ke measures shamil kiye gaye hain aur "Defending Democracy Taskforce" UK ka response jaari kar raha hai.
"Agar kisi bhi foreign power ke khilaaf kisi bhi British citizen ke khilaf koi khaas dhamki ho, to hum foran karrwai karenge. Sikh community ko UK mein har doosri community ki tarah mehfooz hona chahiye. Humne is waqt tak sab kuch karrwai hai jo humein munasib lagta hai. Hum apne Five Eyes partners ke saath bohot qareebi talluqat rakhte hain. Hum bilkul wazeh hain ke agar halaat badal jate hain, aur humein karrwai karni padti hai, to hum karenge."
Preet Gill un mein se kuch cross-party MPs mein se ek thi jo haal hi mein security minister se mulaqat karne gaye the apne concerns ko izhar karne ke liye, jab UK police ne Khalistan ki bunyad par campaign kar rahe kuch British Sikhs ko Osman Warnings — ek zindagi ki dhamkiyon ka nishan - diye jaane ke reports aaye the.
Sikh Federation ne ek bayan mein kaha: "Minister ka jawab jab unse poocha gaya ke Indian government Sikh activists ko target kar rahi hai to yeh dikhaya ke UK Government ko US & Canada ki tarah wahi himmat aur taqat nahi hai ke public tor par UK mein Sikh activists ki democratic rights ko defend kare, jaise ke unhone chalak tareeqe se India ka zikr apne jawab mein shamil karte hue avoid kiya."
