The Indian government on Saturday rejected the Canadian minister’s allegations against the Union Home Minister as “absurd and baseless”. On Friday, a representative of the Canadian High Commission was summoned and given a note protesting the allegations. The government has expressed its displeasure over this.
In a press conference today, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that we summoned the representative of the Canadian High Commission yesterday. The notes submitted stated that the Government of India strongly opposes the absurd and unfounded references made before the Committee by Deputy Minister David Morrison to the Union Home Minister of India.
Two senior officials in the Justin Trudeau-led government recently confessed to the Washington Post to have leaked intelligence and sensitive information against India, while the Canadian police publicly alleged the murder of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Their investigation revealed links between Indian government agents and “murders and violence” in Canada.
Deputy Foreign Minister David Morrison told a parliamentary panel on Tuesday that a senior official in the government led by Prime Minister Modi was behind the plot to attack Sikh separatists in Canada. The government rejected the allegations and said the move was aimed at defaming India and “influencing other countries.”
‘Irresponsible actions will have a serious impact on bilateral relations’
“In fact, the revelation that senior Canadian officials deliberately leaked unfounded allegations to the international media as part of a strategy to discredit India and influence other countries confirms that the Indian government is using existing Canadian opinion. It has long held time this opinion regarding the government’s political agenda and patterns of behavior. Last year, relations between India and Canada deteriorated following the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar and allegations by the Canadian government of links between Indian agents The government said. on Saturday that such irresponsible actions will have a serious impact on bilateral relations.
