The Indian External Affairs Ministry has said that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s admission before his country’s commission of inquiry that there is “no concrete evidence” against India in the murder case of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar is a testament to its firm stand. “Confirms” that Canada has not provided “us with any concrete evidence” to support the serious allegations made against India and Indian diplomats. Let us tell you that Justin Trudeau had admitted before the Commission of Inquiry on Wednesday that when he had alleged the involvement of Indian government agents in the murder of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year, he had only intelligence information and There was no “concrete evidence”.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) issued a statement early Thursday in response to questions from media persons regarding Trudeau’s statement, some details of which were revealed in media reports. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in a statement, “What we have heard today confirms what we have been saying that the serious allegations made by Canada against India and Indian diplomats. He has not presented any evidence in his support. Prime Minister Trudeau alone will be responsible for the damage caused to India-Canada relations by this careless behavior, the Foreign Ministry said.
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Let us tell you that while giving a statement before the public inquiry into the matter of foreign interference in federal electoral processes and democratic institutions, Justin Trudeau said, “I was informed of the fact that Canada and possibly the ‘Five Eyes’ allies. Intelligence information has been received which makes it clear that India was involved…agents of the Government of India were involved in the murder of a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil.” The Canadian Prime Minister said this is something that his government Took it very seriously. Let us tell you that the ‘Five Eyes’ network is an intelligence alliance of five countries which includes America, Britain, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. Trudeau said, “India did in fact do this, and we have reason to believe that they did.” The prime minister said his government’s immediate approach is to work with the Indian government on this, so that accountability To be sure.
Recalling the G-20 summit hosted by India in September last year, he said that it was a big occasion for India and if Canada had made these allegations public at that time, it would have been very uncomfortable for India at this summit. The situation could have arisen.” He said, ”We decided not to do so. We decided to continue to work behind the scenes so that India cooperates with us.” Trudeau said the Indian side asked for evidence “and our answer was, it is with your security agencies.” Trudeau said. But the Indian side insisted on evidence. “And at that time, it was primarily intelligence, not hard evidence,” he said. So we said, let’s work together and look at your security services and maybe we can make it work.”
He said he met Prime Minister Modi after the end of the G-20 summit in Delhi and told that “we know he was involved in this and we expressed genuine concern over it.” He replied as usual that there are people in Canada who are vocal against the Indian government and they would like to see them arrested. Trudeau said he tried to explain that in Canada, criticism of the governments of other countries is not allowed. There is freedom of speech to criticize or criticize the Government of Canada. “But we would like to say that we will work with them on terrorism or hate speech or any concerns that are clearly unacceptable for which they have evidence,” Trudeau said. “We have launched an investigation.” of. India intensified its attacks on our government regarding these allegations and our investigation. Canadian sovereignty, people were targeted, dozens of Canadian diplomats were expelled from India.” He said, ”This is a situation in which we have clear and certainly now even clearer indications that India has violated Canada’s sovereignty.
Trudeau alleged that Indian diplomats were collecting information about Canadians who disagreed with the Modi-led government, and passing that information to the highest levels of the Indian government and to criminal organizations such as the Bishnoi gang. He said it was the RCMP’s determination to expose that link, or that sequence, that conspiracy and make everything public. Let us tell you that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) had said on Monday that it had evidence that six Indian diplomats were involved in the alleged conspiracy to assassinate Nijjar in June 2023. The RCMP also alleged that the Bishnoi gang is linked to agents of the Indian government, specifically targeting “pro-Khalistani elements” in the country.
However, India strongly rejected attempts by Canadian authorities to link Indian agents to criminal gangs in Canada. India also rejected Canada’s claim that it shared evidence with India in the Nijjar case. In New Delhi, sources also rejected Trudeau’s previous allegations that India was involved in activities including carrying out covert operations to target Canadian citizens in their country.
Let us remind you that India on Monday expelled six Canadian diplomats and also announced the recall of its High Commissioner from the country, rejecting Canada’s allegations of linking the Indian ambassador to the investigation of Nijjar’s murder. If seen, the increase in diplomatic dispute between India and Canada may cause further deterioration in the already poor relations between the two countries. It is notable that in September last year, relations between the two countries had come under severe strain after Trudeau made allegations of “possible” involvement of Indian agents in Nijjar’s murder. India had rejected Trudeau’s allegations, calling them “baseless”. India says that the main issue between the two countries is that Canada is giving shelter to pro-Khalistan elements operating from its soil without any hindrance. Let us remind you that Nijjar, declared a terrorist by India, was shot dead outside a Gurudwara in Surrey, British Columbia on June 18 last year.
Meanwhile, a Liberal Party of Canada MP has demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from the post of party chief before the next elections. “The message I am sending loud and clear and more strongly as time goes on is that (Trudeau) It’s time to go. I completely agree with this.” He said, “People believe that enough is enough. They are tired of them. They want his resignation.” Casey claimed there is a “high level of concern” among Liberal Party leaders about Trudeau’s leadership. He said, “But people who have the same opinion as me are becoming more determined about it with the passage of time.”
