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Not looking to provoke or escalate, want India to issue address properly: Canadian PM Justin Trudeau on murder of Khalistani terrorist | India News
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NEW DELHI: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday said he is not trying to provoke India by alleging that its agents were linked to the murder of a Khalistani terrorist but Ottawa wants New Delhi to address the issue properly.
“The government of India needs to take this matter with the utmost seriousness. We are doing that, we are not looking to provoke or escalate,” he told reporters.
India has strongly rejected Trudeau’s allegation of involvement of “agents of the Indian government” in the killing of a Khalistani terrorist in Surrey in June. New Delhi has called Trudeau’s claims “absurd and motivated”.
Hardeep Singh Nijjar, 45, the chief of the banned Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) and one of India’s most-wanted terrorists who carried a cash reward of Rs 10 lakh on his head, was shot dead by two unidentified gunmen outside a gurdwara in Surrey in the western Canadian province of British Columbia on June 18.
After Trudeau’s remarks in Parliament, Canadian foreign minister Melanie Joly ordered the expulsion of “a senior Indian diplomat.”
Reacting sharply to Joly’s remarks, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) asked a Canadian diplomat to leave India within the next five days.
The ministry of external affairs in a statement said: “Allegations of the Government of India’s involvement in any act of violence in Canada are absurd and motivated.”
“We are a democratic polity with a strong commitment to the rule of law,” the MEA said and added “Such unsubstantiated allegations seek to shift the focus from Khalistani terrorists and extremists, who have been provided shelter in Canada and continue to threaten India’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
“The inaction of the Canadian Government on this matter has been a long-standing and continuing concern,” the ministry said.
(With inputs from agencies)
“The government of India needs to take this matter with the utmost seriousness. We are doing that, we are not looking to provoke or escalate,” he told reporters.
India has strongly rejected Trudeau’s allegation of involvement of “agents of the Indian government” in the killing of a Khalistani terrorist in Surrey in June. New Delhi has called Trudeau’s claims “absurd and motivated”.
Hardeep Singh Nijjar, 45, the chief of the banned Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) and one of India’s most-wanted terrorists who carried a cash reward of Rs 10 lakh on his head, was shot dead by two unidentified gunmen outside a gurdwara in Surrey in the western Canadian province of British Columbia on June 18.
After Trudeau’s remarks in Parliament, Canadian foreign minister Melanie Joly ordered the expulsion of “a senior Indian diplomat.”
Reacting sharply to Joly’s remarks, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) asked a Canadian diplomat to leave India within the next five days.
The ministry of external affairs in a statement said: “Allegations of the Government of India’s involvement in any act of violence in Canada are absurd and motivated.”
“We are a democratic polity with a strong commitment to the rule of law,” the MEA said and added “Such unsubstantiated allegations seek to shift the focus from Khalistani terrorists and extremists, who have been provided shelter in Canada and continue to threaten India’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
“The inaction of the Canadian Government on this matter has been a long-standing and continuing concern,” the ministry said.
(With inputs from agencies)
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