The Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, James Cleverly, on Tuesday said his government was in regular contact with its Canadian partners over allegations raised in the Canadian Parliament about India's alleged role in the killing of Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
Taking a jibe at Justin Trudeau for his allegations on India for its involvement in the alleged killing of the Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Canada's opposition leader Pierre Poilievre has said that he should come out clean with all the facts in order to make judgements.
“The statement made by the Canadian PM in Parliament that there is credible information (on the killing of Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar) will have to be decoded. We have to see if the PM of Canada and his party will be able to give an answer to this...,” said Sameer
A day after Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau levelled 'allegations' on India being linked to the killing of Khalistan Tiger Force Chief Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Trudeau said on Tuesday that Ottawa wants New Delhi to address the issue properly, CBC news reported.
The United Kingdom is in "close touch" with its Canadian partners about serious allegations made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on India's link in the alleged assassination of Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
The deceased identified as Gangasaran, posted as Sub-Inspector with Delhi police, was hit by a speeding Honda Amaze car from behind at National Highway 9 on early Tuesday morning,as per police.
Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the chief of Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) — a Sikh extremist organisation banned by India — and a “designated terrorist” was killed in a targeted shooting in Canada's Surrey in June 2018.
Director of South Asia Institute at the Wilson Center, Michael Kugelman has said Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's open claims regarding Indian hand in the killing of Khalistani Hardeep Singh Nijjar, “suggests a view that he believed what he was talking about.”
Signalling a further souring of bilateral ties, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly on Monday said an Indian diplomat in the country had been expelled, Al Jazeera reported.
Months after Khalistan Tiger Force chief Hardeep Singh Nijjar was shot dead in Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday accused the Indian government of being behind this fatal shooting, CBC News reported.
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Monday urged the House to unanimously condemn the 1984 Sikh riots adding that it was shocking to see that in a free and independent India the then Congress government would stoop down so low to kill an entire community.