Hayer initially supported a theocratic sectarian-based Sikh homeland called Khalistan in the Punjab region in India but after the continuous terrorist acts by Khalistani extremists against Sikhs and non-Sikhs in Punjab and the later bombing of Air India Flight 182 in 1985 , Hayer began to speak out against violence in the Sikh separatist movement
Air India Flight 182
Air India Flight 182
Tara Singh Hayer