Pro-Khalistani supporters protested outside Chatham House in London against Minister S. Jaishankar.
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00:00It's pro-Khalistani supporters who staged a protest right outside the venue
00:04where the external affairs minister Dr. S.J. Shankar
00:07was participating in a discussion which was held at the Chetum House.
00:13Visuals are coming in from London.
00:16Pro-Khalistani supporters staged a massive protest.
00:19They had Khalistan flags and they were chanting against India
00:23and they were chanting in favor of Khalistan.
00:26Now this protest took place right outside the venue
00:29where India's external affairs minister S.J. Shankar was participating in a discussion.
00:34Discussion was being held at the Chetum House in London and these are visuals coming in.
00:40Pro-Khalistani supporters in large numbers were right outside the venue
00:44where the external affairs minister S.J. Shankar was holding a meeting.
00:54We have seen not just in the United States but across the globe
00:58even in various parts of UK over the past many years
01:02the number of protests with regards to Khalistan have increased tremendously.
01:07We have seen them happening very frequently in Canada
01:10and now in UK also right outside Chetum House.
01:13That's the place where the external affairs minister was having
01:18was present and he was having
01:21he was inside when this massive protest took place.
01:23The flags that you are seeing are the Khalistani flags.
01:29The slogans that you can hear were in favor of Khalistan and against India.
01:36My colleague Shivani Sharma is now joining me on the story.
01:39Shivani, we can very clearly see the supporters were present in large numbers.
01:43They had flags in their hands, the Khalistan flag
01:46and they were all supporting in favor of Khalistan and the slogans were against India.
01:52Aishwarya, we've seen such pictures even before in UK
01:56and this is the first time when Dr. S.J. Shankar is there for a visit
02:01and then he's being shown this kind of flags and protesters are there.
02:05And India has been very vocal about its concerns against Khalistan
02:10and that's why the Khalistani especially in Canada, UK
02:13they have been gathering whenever some Indian official is there
02:17or Indian minister is there.
02:19And this time also we are seeing that when Dr. S.J. Shankar is there at Chatham House
02:24this protest is going on and India will strongly raise its concern
02:31regarding this particular incident as it has been doing
02:34regarding other protests of the Khalistanis
02:36and the vandalization of properties across the world.
02:39They're gathering in different countries so this is another incident
02:43and definitely we expect a statement very soon from the MEA on this.
02:48Thank you Shivani.
02:49We are now expecting the MEA which is the External Affairs Ministry
02:53to come out with a statement with regards to this protest
02:56that took place in London right outside the Chatham House.
02:58Pro-Khalistani supporters gathered in large numbers
03:01and started protesting in favor of Khalistan.