On March 27, a video of children attending a pro-Khalistani protest against the crackdown on separatist leader Amritpal Singh went viral on social media. In the video, young children who appeared to be between the ages of 5 to 15 were raising slogans against India.
#Khalistanis today protested outside Indian Embassy, Melbourne, Australia. Radicalised #Khalistani kids are chanting “Gali Gali Me Shor Hai – Bharat Mata Chor Hai.” Incultating hate for other communities and countries, @AusHumanRights are you watching this? pic.twitter.com/Otb7oC0JDo
— Stop Hindu Hate Advocacy Network (SHHAN) (@HinduHate) March 27, 2023
The video was shared by Stop Hindu Hate Advocacy Network (SHHAN) on Twitter. SHHAN wrote, “#Khalistanis today protested outside Indian Embassy, Melbourne, Australia. Radicalised #Khalistani kids are chanting “Gali Gali Me Shor Hai – Bharat Mata Chor Hai.” Inculcating hate for other communities and countries, @AusHumanRights, are you watching this?”
Video tweeted by Waris Panjab de Australia. This handle is blocked in India. pic.twitter.com/yddYogG2Vp
— Stop Hindu Hate Advocacy Network (SHHAN) (@HinduHate) March 27, 2023
As per the information added by SHHAN, the protest took place in Melbourne. Furthermore, a Twitter hand WPDAustralia, which has been withheld in India, also shared the video.
OpIndia came across similar videos where children brainwashed by pro-Khalistani elements were seen raising anti-India and anti-Hindu slogans. In another video shared by Sarah L Gates, children could be seen hitting posters with the slogan “Hindu nationalists now pose a global problem”.
“Hindu nationalists now pose a global problem”. pic.twitter.com/RCpcQJca4R
— 𑆩𑆳𑆬𑆴𑆤𑆵 Sarah L Gates (@SarahLGates1) March 27, 2023
Other Twitter users, like Dhairya Maheshwari, shared a photograph of a Sikh child wrapped in the Khalistani flag.
A child draped in Khalistan flag seen at a pro-Khalistan rally in front of the British parliament. The rally participants made no secret that they were there to demand the release of radical Sikh preacher #Amritpal_Singh.
— Dhairya Maheshwari (@dhairyam14) March 26, 2023
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