The Indian government strongly denies accusations by Canada’s deputy foreign minister, who said Indian Home Minister Amit Shah authorized a campaign to intimidate or kill Sikh activists on Canadian soil.
The Government of India protests in the strongest possible terms against the absurd and baseless references about the Union Home Minister of India
Indian government spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told the media on Saturday.
Such irresponsible actions will have serious consequences on our bilateral relations.
David Morrison confirmed to the Standing Committee on Public Security and National Security on Tuesday that Canadian officials had identified Amit Shah as one of the senior Indian officials who authorized intelligence gathering and attacks against Sikh separatists in Canada.
This minister is considered the second most powerful man in India and is one of the closest confidants of Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.
In mid-October, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) revealed that they had reason to believe that agents linked to the Indian government
had orchestrated “homicides, extortion and other criminal acts of violence.”
Senior Canadian officials deliberately relay unfounded insinuations to international media as part of a strategy to discredit India and influence other countries
accused the spokesperson for the Indian government.
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The Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, the Minister of Public Security, Dominique LeBlanc, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mélanie Joly, did not want to reveal the number of homicides linked to Indian foreign interference. (Archive photo)
Photo: The Canadian Press / Justin Tang
At a press conference on October 14, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau assured that Canada had continually informed Indian authorities of developments in its investigation, which began after the assassination in 2023 of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh separatist activist. India has always refused to collaborate, according to Justin Trudeau.
The Indian government said on Saturday that a diplomatic note
had been transmitted and that he had summoned
Friday the representative of the Canadian High Commission.
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