Washington DC: While India is internet hosting US Defense Secretary Austin, “Sikhs For Justice” a Pro Khalistan group employed Washington lobbyist “Blue Star Strategies” to lobby with Biden administration SFJ’s agenda of secession of Punjab from India.
Democratic authorities affairs firm Blue Star Strategies has registered to lobby for a New York non-governmental group that helps the secession of Punjab from India. CEO Karen Tramontano is lobbying for Sikhs for Justice to “raise awareness of the treatment of the Sikh community in India and efforts by the Sikh-American diaspora in the U.S. to draw attention to these issues,” in accordance to the firm’s registration below the home Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA).
The group was based and is primarily headed by lawyer Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. The Indian authorities banned the group in 2019 and designated Pannun a terrorist final yr for selling secessionism in his bid to create an unbiased Khalistan.
The lobbying registration comes because the Indian authorities has reportedly requested the US Department of Justice for help relating to the group’s advocacy, together with its help for the large farmer protests which have partly paralyzed the nation for months.
