India Slams Trudeau for Leaking Baseless Allegations

India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has accused the Trudeau government of purposefully leaking baseless allegations to the world media to denigrate India and influence other nations.

The MEA stated that this leak simply verifies the Indian government’s long-held views on the current Canadian government’s political objective and behavior pattern.

Canada’s Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister David Morrison told a parliamentary committee that India’s Home Minister Amit Shah had directed the targeting of Khalistani radicals on Canadian soil.

Morrison did not explain how Canada learned of Shah’s suspected involvement to the Parliamentary committee.

On Saturday, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated that a representative from the Canadian High Commission to India was summoned on Friday, and a diplomatic note was given over.

“It was conveyed in the note that the Government of India protests in the strongest terms to the absurd and baseless references made to the Union Home Minister of India before the committee by Deputy Minister David Morrison,” Mr. Jaiswal added.

Canada Leaked Information

Canada confessed that its officers leaked sensitive information to the Washington Post, and the Ministry of External Affairs warned that such activities would have “serious consequences” for India-Canada relations.

The Ministry of External Affairs spokeswoman also stated that the Canadian government alerted some of India’s consulate staff that they were under observation, describing it as a “flagrant violation” of diplomatic agreements. He also made it plain that New Delhi regards the conduct as harassment and intimidation.

“The Canadian government recently alerted some of our consulate staff that they have been and will continue to be under audio and video surveillance.

They have also had their communications intercepted. We have publicly protested to the Canadian government because we believe these acts clearly violate relevant diplomatic and consular treaties,” Mr Jaiswal stated.

“By arguing technicalities, the Canadian government cannot justify harassing and intimidating people. Our diplomatic and consular officers are already operating in a climate of extremism and violence.

He stated, ” This action by the Canadian government exacerbates the issue and is inconsistent with established diplomatic norms and procedures. ”

Ties between India and Canada have strained since Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau claimed last year, without providing any evidence, that “Indian agents” were involved in the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, an allegation that New Delhi has repeatedly denied.

The relationship reached a new low earlier this month when the Indian High Commissioner was named a “person of interest” in the death.

India slammed the new claim as “ludicrous” and removed the High Commissioner and some diplomats. Six diplomats, including Canada’s interim High Commissioner, Stewart Ross Wheeler, were dismissed.

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