{"id":180936,"date":"2025-08-09T19:39:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T14:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=180936"},"modified":"2025-08-09T19:39:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T14:39:01","slug":"sfj-plans-to-honour-us-president-with-sikh-prayer-during-khalistan-referendum-on-aug-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/08\/09\/sfj-plans-to-honour-us-president-with-sikh-prayer-during-khalistan-referendum-on-aug-17.html","title":{"rendered":"SFJ plans to honour US President with Sikh prayer during Khalistan Referendum on Aug 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-180937\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/08\/Sikh.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"369\" \/>Washington: The Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), a Khalistani Sikh organization, has announced plans to honour US President Donald Trump with a Sikh prayer during the upcoming Khalistan Referendum on August 17, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, SFJ leaders, speaking at the National Press Club, praised President Trump for his strong stance against India\u2019s actions, while condemning Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s government for its global campaign against the Khalistan movement.<\/p>\n<p>SFJ leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannu described the referendum as a \u201cballot bomb\u201d representing the voices of 1.5 million Sikhs worldwide. He said the Modi regime is using illegal tactics, including assassinations, embassy-run terror operations, and extrajudicial killings, to suppress the Sikh independence movement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndia has turned its embassies into spy hubs and centres for plotting assassinations,\u201d Pannu said.<\/p>\n<p>In tribute to President Trump, SFJ will perform a Sikh prayer (Ardas) at the National Mall, recognizing his administration\u2019s actions to protect American jobs and crack down on fraudulent H-1B visa practices linked to India. The group also lauded Trump\u2019s decision to impose a 50 percent tariff on Indian goods as a response to transnational terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>SFJ General Counsel Gurpatwant Singh Pannun said, \u201cThe Khalistan Referendum question will echo loudly on August 17. Each vote challenges India\u2019s occupation of Punjab.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington: The Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), a Khalistani Sikh organization, has announced plans to honour US President Donald Trump with a Sikh prayer during the upcoming Khalistan Referendum on August 17, 2025. According to Kashmir Media Service, SFJ leaders, speaking at the National Press Club, praised President Trump for his strong stance against India\u2019s actions, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":180937,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tie-world"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180936\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}