Comments by "Sankalp" (@sankalp6872) on "‘High-pitched response to Khalistan provocation strengthen Sikh separatism in the West’" video.

Are we really trivializing the Khalistan threat? We may have busted the Amritpal BALLOON, but Punjab is under siege from 3Ms - Migration, Missionary and Drug Menace (some say 1 in 7 and some even project higher). It's a cauldron waiting to be lit. These Canada/Europe-based SEPARATISTS are neither Pakistani PUPPETS nor dependent on ISI funding. They PASSIONATELY HATE India, and it is a large number of people. We shouldn't DECEIVE our own selves and dismiss them as a SMALL INSIGNIFICANT group.
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@ParminderSingh-ft3cc As much as I hate to admit it, but Punjab insurgency is India's own BLUNDER or, more specifically, Indira Gandhi's blunder. Many among the Khalistani diaspora are asylum seekers from the post-Bluestar "troubled" years. The rest, I suspect, are relatives of people who died or disappeared during the movement or passionate Sikhs who are still aggrieved by the destruction of Harmandir Sahib. I understand their anger. They didn't even get JUSTICE. However, I find their HINDU HATE deeply OFFENSIVE and MISDIRECTED. Zail Singh and Darbara Singh (both of INC and both Sikhs) engineered this mess to settle personal scores. It began as a clash with Nirankarais (a faction of Sikhs). Bhindranwale was let off in 1980 due to INC's politics. Sikhs were humiliated by Congress to "please" Rajiv Gandhi who was then overseeing the Asian Games. At no point were HINDUS INVOLVED. Interestingly, Sikhs still voted for Congress. Khalistanis should really asses why many Punjabi Sikhs are ready to mingle with someone who has wronged them but doesn't want to get involved with Khalistan.
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@ParminderSingh-ft3cc How and which culprits? You are talking about something that happened 40 years ago. Where do we even start? Bulbul Brar was just a soldier following orders; KPS Gill is dead, and so are all other major players. Or should we go to the beginning and start with those who allowed a place for Bhindranwale above the Akal Takt? How about punishing those who let Harmandir Sahib befouled by the blood of A S Atwal (the then DIG) and many others whose bodies were dismembered in the temple complex. Does a saint brandish weapons at a holy place? The Govt has already acknowledged it as "genocide". It is too late for JUSTICE. It was a Sikh vs Sikh problem (or more correctly Jat Sikh vs Jat Sikh). Digging old wounds won't bring any closure. We'll only learn more upsetting things. The truth about Bhindranwale will anger many. Depending on one's own inclinations, Bhindranwale is a HERO, VILLAIN, PUPPET or right man in the wrong place and time.
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@ParminderSingh-ft3cc I already made a distinction between Punjabis and Khalistanis. It is Canadians, British and some Americans and Europeans who hate HINDUS and want Khalistan.
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@Fernandez.54 Quoting facts does NOT make me APOLOGETIC. Sikh-Hindu history has been far more COMPLEX before 1984. Sikhs and Hindus had a common enemy in Mughals, but Sikhism has always been DISTINCT from Hinduism (it does NOT matter that Guru Nanak was born Hindu. Jesus was also a born Jew). Sikhism drew most of its adherents from Hinduism. The war with the Mughals led to peace and tolerance between the two faiths. There were also many goodwill gestures toward Hindus by Sikh Kings. Hindus also revered Sikh Gurus and played a key role in forming the Sikh empire. However, post the formation of SGPC, Sikhism became very political. In fact, the demand for Khalistan is older than Pakistan. Sikhs were still numerically small. Post-partition, Hindus & Sikhs had to migrate to India. Many were hosted in Punjab. This increased their numerical strength in Punjab. Post-the trifurcation of East Punjab, a new Sikh-majority Punjab emerged. The state was still raw from partition wounds and the Sikh identity crisis (which had nothing to do with Hindus) ignited the fire of Khalistan. We Hindus are among the stupidest people when it comes to religious assertion. We have no uniform faith to speak of and are always in a hurry to HINDU-IZE other religions. We unilaterally declared Sikhism and Buddhism as offshoots of Hinduism. NOPE, they are NOT. Our Gods and their Gods are NOT the same. Hindus need to set their own house order. Unless we protect our culture and our religion. We will always be under duress from others.
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