Banned terror outfit writes to CJI seeking scrapping of Sedition Law

“Sikhs For Justice" (SFJ), a banned terror group, has written a letter to the Chief Justice of India requesting that the apex court should now scrap the colonial law of sedition.

Claiming that now is the time that the top court should decriminalize the 'democratic' Khalistani referendum, SFJ's letter reads,

"With the history of (the) ineffectiveness of sedition law in crushing a political opinion, it follows that Indian government would surely fail in exterminating Khalistan Referendum - the most democratic and nonviolent means to resolve the political question of future and continued association of the region of Punjab with India."

Further alleging that SFJ is duly registered and legally operating in democratic countries of USA, Canada, UK and EU with the stated objective of secession of Punjab from India through Khalistan Referendum, the letter reads that the group is banned in India under draconian UAPA law for peacefully questioning the future and continued association of Punjab with India.

SFJ has also stated that "It is an indisputable fact that the sedition laws which are being applied against the Khalistan Referendum Campaigners in India and abroad, is the same law which was enacted by the British Colonial power to crush and curb the Indian independence movement."

The letter further claims that SFJ works with the mandate to organize and hold non-governmental “Khalistan Referendum” on the question “Whether Indian Governed Punjab Be An Independent country?"

It states that while the British and Swiss Governments have allowed voting in Khalistan Referendum to take place in London and Geneva on October 31 and December 10, 2021 respectively, the Indian government has charged several Khalistan Referendum Campaigners in Punjab under the sedition laws.

To plead their case, SFJ has also cited 3 instances where persons have been arrested in the last two years for promoting the Khalistani Referendum.