On Tuesday, July 4, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, Mélanie Joly took cognizance of the Khalistanis threatening Indian diplomats in posters circulated in Canada and stated that it’s unacceptable. She stated that the nation takes its obligations below the Vienna Conventions relating to security of diplomats very significantly.
“Canada remains in close contact with Indian officials in light of some of the promotional material circulating online regarding a protest planned for July 8, which are unacceptable. We know that the actions of a few do not speak for the entire community or Canada,” Joly added in a press release on July 4.
My remark relating to a number of the promotional materials circulating for a deliberate protest on July 8. pic.twitter.com/yYoWDCvAdi
— Mélanie Joly (@melaniejoly) July 4, 2023
As per the latest replace, Canadian High Commissioner to India was additionally summoned by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
Canadian High Commissioner to India was summoned by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) over Khalistani posters in Canada which confirmed the names of Indian diplomats.
— ANI (@ANI) July 4, 2023
This comes a day after the External Affairs Minister of India, S Jaishankar stated that India would take the difficulty with the Trudeau authorities, and in addition speak to different associate nations the place such points hold rising. “This will affect our relations. We will raise this poster issue with the government of these countries,” he stated.
The posters that reportedly emerged throughout Canada warned {that a} Khalistan freedom rally, held within the identify of slain Khalistani terrorist Harjit Singh Nijjar might be organized on July 8. The poster learn that the rally can be carried out from the Great Punjab Business Centre in Maltan to the Indian Embassy in Toronto. The menace poster additionally carried photos of India’s excessive commissioner to Ottawa Sanjay Kumar Verma and the consulate common in Toronto Apoorva Srivastava, with the caption that learn, “Faces of Shaheed Nijjar’s killers in Toronto.”
The poster additional audaciously talked about the telephone numbers of the organizers of the protest rally together with images of their Indian diplomat targets.
Posters floated by Khalistanis in Canada
While the poster for a protest rally in Toronto on July 8 named Indian High Commissioner Saurav Kumar Sharma and Counsellor Apurva Srivastava with images and posters of a simultaneous rally in Vancouver named the High Commissioner and Counsel General of Vancouver Manish.
The poster learn that the Vancouver protest rally will begin from Guru Nanak Sikh Gurudwara, which had been taken over by Najjar and his cronies, and culminate on the Indian Consulate in Vancouver.
As reported earlier, the Khalistanis blame India to be behind the homicide of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar who was shot useless in Surrey, Canada on June 18. He was shot useless by two unidentified assailants throughout the Gurdwara premises. 46-year-old Nijjar hailed from the village Bhar Singhpura of Jalandhar.
His identify was added to the checklist of designated terrorists not too long ago by the Indian Government. In 2022, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) declared a Rs 10 lakh reward on Nijjar after his identify appeared in a conspiracy to kill a Hindu priest in Jalandhar, Punjab.
