Dhaka: New Delhi has rejected the allegations that Indian Home Minister Amit Shah is behind a conspiracy to kill Sikh separatists in Canada. India summoned a Canadian diplomat posted in Delhi on Friday, calling the allegations "unfounded and baseless". NDTV News.
Responding to a question on Saturday (November 2), Indian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that a representative of the Canadian High Commission was summoned on Friday and a diplomatic note was handed over.
He said that the note stated that the Indian government strongly protested the "unfounded and baseless" allegations leveled against the Union Home Minister of India by the committee of Canadian Deputy Minister David Morrison.
The US media outlet Washington Post first reported the allegations leveled by Canada against Amit Shah. Canada's Deputy Foreign Minister David Morrison told a parliamentary panel that he had told a US-based newspaper that Amit Shah was behind the plot.
Morrison told the committee that a Washington Post reporter called him to ask if he (Shah) was the man. I confirmed that he was the man. However, Morrison did not provide any further information or evidence.
India's foreign ministry said that this proved that high-ranking Canadian officials had deliberately leaked baseless claims to the media. Jaiswal warned that such a move would have "serious consequences" for India-Canada relations.
Randhir Jaiswal said that high-ranking Canadian officials had deliberately leaked baseless claims to the international media as part of a conscious strategy to discredit India and influence other countries. This confirms the perception that the Indian government has had for a long time about the political agenda and behavior of the current Canadian government. Such irresponsible actions will have serious consequences for bilateral relations.
Responding to a report that named India as an “adversary” alongside China, North Korea, Russia and Iran in Canada’s National Cyber Threat Assessment, Randhir Jaiswal said it was another example of allegations without evidence.
He also said that some Indian consular officials had been informed by the Canadian government that they were under surveillance, which is a clear violation of diplomatic conventions. He also made it clear that New Delhi sees this move as harassment and intimidation.