A joint mega protest demonstration was held on Saturday outside the Indian consulate in Frankfurt, Germany, on the occasion of Indian Republic Day.
Republic Day marks the date on which the Constitution of India came into effect on January 26, 1950, replacing the Government of India Act, 1935, as the governing document of India.
The protest demonstration was jointly organised by the EU-Pak Friendship Federation Brussels, Sikh Federation Germany and Sikh Federation International. People belonging to the Europe-based Indian indigenous communities, Kashmiris, Sikh diaspora and leading human rights activists participated in the event.
The participants raised slogans against Indian brutalities in several occupied regions such as Indian-held Kashmir, Assam, Tripura, Nagaland, Sikkim and Manipur. They branded Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well as Indian security forces as ‘terrorists’.
The participants carried placards inscribed with slogans like: ‘Free Assam’, ‘Free Tripura’, ‘Free Khalistan’, ‘Free Indian Occupied Kashmir’, ‘India Stop Atrocities Over Minorities’, etc. They demanded that the European Union, the United Nations, Amnesty International and other international organisations seriously ponder over grievances of the unarmed and innocent people of these regions and strive for their emancipation from the clutches of the tyrant forces.
Speaking on the occasion, a Sikh leader hailed Pakistan’s initiative to open Kartarpur Corridor connecting Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur area of Narowal district in Pakistan to Dera Baba Nanak in India’s Gurdaspur district. He said the Sikh community across world hailed Pakistan’s historic step in this regard. On the occasion, the participants also raised slogans in favour of Pakistan, Pakistan Army and Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa.
A large number of European and international tourists who were present in the area also witnessed the protest demonstration.
Published in Daily Times, January 27th 2019.
