by Press Trust of India: A city council in Sydney has canceled a Khalistan propaganda event planned for next month due to security concerns. The Australia Today newspaper reported that acting on the advice of security agencies, permission for an event organized by the group ‘Sikhs for Justice’ in Blacktown City had been revoked by the city council.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Sydney on May 24 to attend the Quad summit to be hosted by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
A council statement said: “The council has canceled this booking this morning as it is in conflict with adopted council policy and not practical due to the risk to council staff, council properties and members of the public.” cannot be minimized.”
The banners and posters of the event put up around the city were removed, citing lack of approval. The report further states that investigations are also underway against the Victoria-based group.
There is a connection of unaccounted money transactions that we are looking into,” the report quoted an official in the matter as saying.
The development comes after the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Temple, a prominent Hindu temple in Sydney, was defaced last week, allegedly by Khalistani elements, with anti-India graffiti on the walls, in the latest incident of vandalism against Hindu temples in the country .
In March, during Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s visit to India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised the issue of frequent attacks on Hindu temples with him and conveyed his concerns.
To this, Albanese assured Modi that Australia would not tolerate attacks on religious places and that anyone responsible for such activities would face “the full force of the law”.