NEW DELHI: India on Saturday (Nov 2) denied its dwelling minister Amit Shah had plotted to focus on Sikh activists on Canadian soil and mentioned it had formally rebuked Ottawa over the “absurd and baseless” allegation.
Canada is dwelling to the most important Sikh neighborhood outdoors of India and consists of activists for “Khalistan”, a fringe separatist motion searching for an impartial state for the spiritual minority carved out of Indian territory.
Canadian officers mentioned this week that Ottawa had traced a marketing campaign concentrating on Canadian Khalistan activists to the very best ranges of India’s authorities and implicated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s highly effective right-hand man.
“The federal government of India protests within the strongest phrases to the absurd and baseless references made to the Union Residence Minister of India,” overseas ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal advised reporters.
“We had summoned the consultant of the Canadian Excessive Fee yesterday. A diplomatic word was handed over,” he added.
Jaiswal accused Canadian officers of intentionally leaking “unfounded insinuations” to the media to “discredit India”.
“Such irresponsible actions can have severe penalties for bilateral ties,” he mentioned.