Khalistani Movement Gains Overseas Support as Crackdown Continues at Home.

The recent episode of Amritpal has shown that while support for Khalistani sentiments remains strong among the Punjabi diaspora abroad, it has dried up in Punjab. The Khalistan agenda has been largely kept alive from foreign soil, sustained for decades by Pakistan. While there are outfits in the state that demand more autonomy or even separate nationhood, they do so under the ambit of the Constitution and have not espoused violence. The Punjabis in the state are more pragmatic and have suffered the fallout of militancy, which is why there is little support for wannabe ideologues like Amritpal.