On Friday (local time), Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that Ottawa wanted to “work constructively with India” on claims that New Delhi was involved in the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who had been labeled a terrorist by India.
During a news conference with the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Trudeau said, “Canada has conveyed the credible charges that I discussed on Monday against India. We did it with India a few weeks ago. We hope that India would engage with us so that we can investigate this really critical issue as we are there to work constructively with them.
The death of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar was allegedly caused by India, according to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday. India has categorically refuted these accusations, labeling them as “absurd” and “motivated.” In response to Canada’s expulsion of a senior Indian ambassador on claims that New Delhi was involved in the death of the wanted separatist leader, India on Tuesday expelled a top Canadian diplomat.
The claims made by Canada about India’s “potential links” to the execution of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar were described as “politically driven” by Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi on Thursday.
“Yes, I do believe there is some bias present here. They have accused them and initiated legal action. We believe that the Canadian government’s accusations are largely motivated by political motives, Bagchi stated during a news conference.
The MEA spokeswoman said that Canada has not provided any information on the murder of Nijjar.
Arindam Bagchi, a spokesman for the Ministry of External Affairs, responded to questions on Thursday by saying, “We are happy to look at any particular material that is offered to us, but so far we have gotten no specific information from Canada.
The Canadian Prime Minister, however, did not provide any supporting documentation at his Thursday press conference in New York.
Despite being questioned about the specifics of the accusations several times, Trudeau kept to repeating that there were “credible reasons” to think that India was involved in Nijjar’s death.
“There are reasonable grounds to suspect that representatives of the Indian government were engaged in the murder of a Canadian on Canadian land. That is, in a world where a rules-based, international order is important, there is something fundamentally important about a nation’s rule of law, according to Trudeau.
He said, “We demand that the Government of India take this problem seriously and collaborate with us to achieve responsibility and justice in this case.
In answer to a question, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, “We are standing for the rule of law or highlighting how unacceptable it would be for any country to be involved in the killing of a citizen on its own soil.”
As a nation with a robust, independent judicial system, “I believe it is crucial that we enable those justice procedures to unroll themselves with the highest integrity. But I want to reassure you that we took this choice to make these accusations public on the floor of the House of Commons on Monday morning very seriously.
India has outlawed the Sikh extremist group Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF), whose leader and “designated terrorist” Hardeep Singh Nijjar was shot and killed in Canada’s Surrey in June.
