Sikhs for Justice, whose Canadian chapter was headed by Hardeep Singh Nijjar until his assassination in 2023, will hold a referendum in Ottawa on Sunday as part of its campaign for an independent Sikh Punjab, called "Khalistan" by Sikh nationalists.

The vote comes as Prime Minister Mark Carney meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the G20 summit in South Africa, with a possible bilateral meeting on the same day as the Khalistan referendum in Ottawa.

The non-binding vote is the seventh to be held by the group in Canada since September 2022, when the first vote was held in Brampton, Ont., followed just days after by a travel advisory from India warning of a rise in "hate crimes, sectarian violence and anti-India activities" in Canada and advising Indian nationals in the co

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