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Published: December 17, 2014

Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, centre left, smiles while attending a ceremony at the Khalsa Diwan Society Sikh Temple before the Vaisakhi parade in Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday April 12, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

LARISSA CAHUTEVANCOUVER DESI

A large group of Sikhs in B.C. who have threatened to abandon Justin Trudeaus Liberals say their political protest is reaching Sikh communities across the country.

Its not (only) people going to the Ross Street Temple, or people living in the Vancouver area its people living across Canada, said Raj Bhela, general secretary of Vancouvers Ross Street Temple.

The Sikhs complaint is that the partys open riding nomination process is flawed.

According to Bhela, Sikhs from across B.C. and Canada have held meeting after meeting to discuss which party to support, and expect to announce their choice by the end of the week.

We are not Liberals, thats for sure, Bhela said.

The protest was sparked last week over the nomination of retired Canadian Army officer Harjit Singh Sajjan as the Liberals Vancouver South candidate, after prominent businessman Barj Dhahan withdrew from the nomination race.

At the time Dhahan withdrew he had signed up 4,000 voting members to support him in the race, while Sajjan had 1,000, said Kashmir Dhaliwal, past president of Vancouvers Khalsa Diwan Society.

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'We are not Liberals, that's for sure': Sikhs across Canada to jump Trudeau ship starting right here in Vancouver