The video has come as a surprise as till recently, he was popular in Canadian-Sikh and Punjabi circles for his entrepreneurial skills and launching Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration Society and not for his political views or support for Khalistan. His understanding of Sikh issues or politics can be gauged from the fact that in 2015, the Bhangra festival by the Society was scheduled in the first week of June - coinciding with the anniversary of Operation Blue Star. After an uproar in the Canadian-Sikh community, his organisation issued an apology, incidentally via Anita Lal. Enquiries from Sikh circles in Canada revealed that it was after this incident that Dhaliwal, now in his mid-40s, started studying Sikh issues more keenly.