The monthly magazine of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) in its recent editorial has stated that an increase in suppression of Sikhs in the country will lead to the intensification of demand for independent territory among them, reports Hindustan Times on July 10. Written by its editor Satwinder Singh Phoolpur, the editorial appeared in the July 2020 edition of the magazine titled ‘Gurmat Parkash’. It raises the issue of confiscation of farmland of scores of Sikh farmers living in Uttar Pradesh (UP) by Yogi Adityanath-led State Government. Strongly lodging protest against the UP-Government’s move, the editorial reads, “Seizing land of the Sikhs by the government is not an action that has been taken all of a sudden. This is the policy of the Government to eliminate the Sikhs….This environment of alienation has given rise to demand of independent territory for Sikhs. As suppression on Sikhs increases, the demand for independent territory will get more intensified. Today they have seized farmland and tomorrow they take over outlets, factories and other Sikh establishment, if we keep mum.”