Thousands of Sikhs arrive in Toronto to cast vote in Khalistan referendum
Thousands of Sikhs here on Sunday arrived at the polling station at the Gore Meadows Community Center in Brampton to cast their vote for a referendum on the creation of Khalistan – a new state in Indian Punjab. The voting started with special prayers. A large number of women and the elderly were in the queue to vote in the referendum. The voters said the results of the referendum would make it clear that Sikhs wanted freedom from India. A new country would appear on the map of the world in the state of Indian Punjab, they said adding India could not deprive Sikhs of freedom. The Canadian government has refused to stop Canadian Sikhs from expressing their views by holding of Khalistan Referendum and by linking it with a peaceful and democratic process within the legal parameters of the Canadian laws. Commenting on the situation which emerged after an attack on a Hindu temple and the poster of a revered Khalistan Sikh leader, a Canadian government official said that the Canadian nationals had every freedom to express their views under the Canadian laws relating to the right to freedom of expression and right to free speech and assembly.
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