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OTTAWA — A second video of Jagmeet Singh has surfaced showing the NDP leader speaking on a panel focused on Sikh sovereignty, alongside another speaker who appears to endorse violence in the quest for an independent Sikh state.

The video has come to light as Singh condemns “all acts of terrorism” in the wake of a news report about his presence at a Sikh rally in 2015 that featured calls for an independent state.

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On Wednesday, the Globe and Mail published a story about Singh’s presence at a San Francisco rally where some speakers called for the creation of an independent state, known as Khalistan, in the Punjab region of India. Singh, then an NDP member of the Ontario legislature, spoke about the killing of Sikhs in India in 1984 following the assassination of then-prime minister Indira Gandhi, calling it a genocide.

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The question of Singh’s position on Sikh separatism has dogged him since he appeared on CBC’s Power and Politics with Terry Milewski shortly after winning the federal leadership last October. During the interview, Singh failed to denounce Talwinder Singh Parmar, believed to be the mastermind of the 1985 Air India bombing.

Since then, Singh has walked a fine line on the question of sovereignty, at once advocating self-determination while condemning violence.

“I condemn all acts of terrorism in every part of the world, regardless of who the perpetrators are or who the victims are,” he said in a statement sent to the Post on Wednesday. “Terrorism can never be seen as a way to advance the cause of any one group. It only leads to suffering, pain and death.” Singh was not available for an interview.

But the 2015 rally in San Francisco is not the only time Singh has spoken at an event focused on Sikh sovereignty. And while his statement on Wednesday maintains that “questions regarding the future of India are not for (him) to decide,” some argue his presence at such events should not be taken lightly.

In February 2016, Singh appeared at an event organized by the U.K.-based National Sikh Youth Federation (NSYF) in the suburbs of London titled Sovereignty and Polity. The NSYF advocates for an independent Khalistan.

A video with clips of the event posted to YouTube by NSYF shows Singh speaking to an audience about Sikh principles of equality and of “independence, of sovereignty.”

“It wasn’t by chance that Sikhs were the most sacrificed, or the people who died the most for the freedom of South Asia,” he said.