Diplomats have faced grave threats by Sikh separatists in Canada, including Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), it is learnt. Home ministry had extended ban on SFJ for another 5 years in July.
Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly says she had spoken with her Indian counterpart, S Jaishankar, and requested Indian cooperation in the investigation in Nijjar case.
Defending the expulsion of the 6 Indian diplomats, Trudeau said in a statement that the activities by the Indian agents were posing a threat to public safety in Canada.
India, Canada expelled 6 diplomats each on Monday. India says it has right to take steps in response to ‘Trudeau Government's support for extremism, violence and separatism against India’.
Top RCMP officers allege that Indian diplomats have been involved in major crimes across Canada, including collecting info for Indian govt that is then used to target South Asian diaspora.
The move came hours after the MEA said Ottawa told New Delhi that the high commissioner and other Indian diplomats were ‘persons of interest’ in a Canadian investigation.
India-Canada ties rocky since Trudeau last year said Ottawa was investigating ‘credible allegations’ linking Indian officials with killing of Indian designated terrorist Hardeep Nijjar.
Jaishankar's remarks came close on the heels of Canadian Parliament paying homage to Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was killed outside a gurdwara in Surrey last year.
The real acrimony in Goa is against tourists and wealthy land buyers from Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru. Yet, the fury gets channelled downward against the poorest workers from the cowbelt.
Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
The PIO (Person of India) status and it’s associated privileges must be withdrawn from people whom the Indian agencies suspect of involvement with Khalistani activities.
The PIO (Person of India) status and it’s associated privileges must be withdrawn from people whom the Indian agencies suspect of involvement with Khalistani activities.