Pro-Khalistan group SFJ threatens Punjab Congress leaders for honouring Rahul Gandhi with siropa

CHANDIGARH: The banned terrorist group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) has issued direct threats to Punjab Congress President Amarinder Singh Raja Warring and Amritsar MP Gurjit Singh Aujla for facilitating the presentation of a siropa (robe of honour) to Rahul Gandhi during his recent visit to Gurdwara Baba Budha Sahib. In a press release received Wednesday morning, SFJ’s legal counsel Gurpatwant Singh Pannun said Warring and Aujla would be “targets of pro-Khalistan Sikhs” for honouring a member of the Gandhi family, which the group holds responsible for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. He described them as “dalal (agent) politicians” acting on behalf of a party SFJ accuses of complicity in the Sikh genocide. The siropa was presented to Rahul Gandhi by the management of Gurdwara Baba Budha Sahib during his visit to flood-affected areas in Punjab on Monday. The gesture has drawn sharp criticism from several Sikh organisations, including the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), which has launched an inquiry. The SGPC condemned the act, saying that honouring a Congress leader from the Gandhi family is “absolutely unacceptable under any circumstances.” Warring and Aujla were among the Congress leaders who accompanied Gandhi to the gurdwara. The incident, already politically sensitive, has now escalated following SFJ’s threats. In the same release, Pannun further claimed that SFJ activists had painted pro-Khalistan slogans on the Amritsar-Haridwar train, along with the message: “From Ayodhya to Haridwar, Diwali 2025 will be blacked out.”