Soon after Canadian PM Justin Trudeau accused India of killing Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Canadian soil and Canada expelled one Indian diplomat over it, the Indian authorities rejected all of Canada’s allegations.
In a swift response, the Ministry of External Affairs has acknowledged that any allegation of India’s involvement in Nijjar’s killing is ‘absurd and motivated’.
The assertion learn, “We have seen and rejected the assertion of the Canadian Prime Minister of their Parliament, as additionally the assertion by their Foreign Minister. Allegations of the Government of India’s involvement in any act of violence in Canada are absurd and motivated.
Similar allegations had been made by the Canadian Prime Minister to our Prime Minister and had been fully rejected. We are a democratic polity with a powerful dedication to the rule of regulation.
Such unsubstantiated allegations search to shift the main target from Khalistani terrorists and extremists, who’ve been supplied shelter in Canada and proceed to threaten India’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. The inaction of the Canadian Government on this matter has been a long-standing and persevering with concern.
That Canadian political figures have brazenly expressed sympathy for such components stays a matter of deep concern. The area given in Canada to a variety of unlawful actions together with murders, human trafficking, and arranged crime will not be new.
We reject any makes an attempt to attach the Government of India to such developments. We urge the Government of Canada to take immediate and efficient authorized motion towards all anti-India components working from their soil.”
Earlier at present, the Canadian authorities expelled one Indian diplomat after PM Justin Trudeau blamed India for the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly says an Indian Diplomat has been expelled because it investigates into killing of Canadian citizen, Khalistani chief Hardeep Singh Nijjar. https://t.co/t9GylRUH1Y pic.twitter.com/OBjZZH1QiB
— Sidhant Sibal (@sidhant) September 19, 2023
The growth got here after Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly knowledgeable in a presser that the allegations of India’s involvement are being investigated. She termed the killing an assault on Canada’s sovereignty and knowledgeable that as a consequence, Canada has expelled one prime Indian diplomat.
Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the top of Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib and a needed Khalistani terrorist in India, was shot lifeless in Surrey by two unidentified assailants on June 18 this yr. He was a needed terrorist by the Indian Government. The 46-year-old hailed from the village Bhar Singhpura of Jalandhar.