Chandigarh, Nov 21

Indian-origin Canadian MP Chandra Arya shared a purported video of pro-Khalistani supporters in Surrey claiming they want to create trouble at the Hindu Laxmi Narayan Mandir.

The MP asked the Canadian authorities to step in and take action.

â€œLast week Khalistan supporters verbally abused a Sikh family outside a Sikh gurdwara in Surrey BC according to some reports. Now it appears the same Khalistan group wants to create trouble at the Hindu Laxmi Narayan Mandir in Surrey,â€ he wrote in a post on X.

â€œAll these are being done in the name of freedom of speech and expression. Like a broken record, I am again asking Canadian authorities to step in and take action. Hindu temples have been attacked many times during the last couple of years.

"Hate crimes are being committed against Hindu-Canadians. Allowing these things to continue to be done openly and publicly is not acceptable," he added.

Clarifying to Aryaâ€™s post, Sikh activist Puneet Sahani wrote: â€œLast week, yes it was this same thug who viciously abused a Sikh family that objected to desecrationâ€¦But that happened in Abbotsford not Surrey.â€

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Pro-Khalistani supporters want to create trouble at Hindu temple: Canadian MP Arya