Indian-Americans rally in support of India at San Francisco consulate

A lot of Indian-People waiving Tricolour held a peace rally in entrance of the Indian consulate in San Francisco to specific solidarity with India following vandalism on the facility by Khalistan supporters early this week.

A bunch of pro-Khalistan protesters on Sunday attacked and broken the Indian consulate in San Francisco. Elevating pro-Khalistan slogans, the protesters broke open the makeshift safety obstacles raised by the town police and put in two so-called Khalistani flags on the consulate premises. Two consulate personnel quickly eliminated these flags.

Scores of Indian-People drove from in and round San Francisco and waived the Tricolour to point out solidarity with India on Friday.

“The assault on India’s consulate by fringe components was disturbing to not solely Indian-People however the entire world neighborhood. We wished to point out our strong assist and solidarity hand in hand with India “ Satish Vale, a know-how skilled and neighborhood employee, mentioned.

Indian-American neighborhood members condemned the harmful actions of separatist Sikhs, who had been additionally current there in small numbers.

Native police had been current there in sizable numbers to stop any untoward incident. A number of the separatist Sikhs shouted pro-Khalistan slogans, however they had been outnumbered by a big gathering of Indian People who chanted “Vande Mataram” and waved the Indian nationwide flag together with that of the US.

“It was actually heartening to see folks of all backgrounds (Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims) and ages present as much as present solidarity with India in opposition to violence perpetrated by Khalistani terrorists who broken the Indian Consulate in San Francisco,” mentioned Gauging Desai from Buddies of India.

“I’m additionally dissatisfied that not one of the bay space elected officers has condemned this act of violence in opposition to India,” Desai mentioned.”

In latest months there was an increase in anti-India actions in Canada, Australia and the UK by Khalistan supporters who’ve vandalised some Hindu temples in these nations.

India on Monday lodged a robust protest with the US Cost d’Affaires in Delhi over the incident of vandalism on the Indian consulate basic in San Francisco by some pro-Khalistan components throughout a protest.

The Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) in New Delhi mentioned the US authorities was requested to take applicable measures to stop the recurrence of such incidents.

About 4.2 million Indian American/Indian origin folks reside within the US. Individuals of Indian origin (3.18 million) represent the third largest Asian ethnic group within the US.