This refers to “Canada’s allegations based on Indian communications: Report” (Sep 23), Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has stood his ground in his outlandish claim on extra-territorial killing by agents acting on behalf of India. The Canadian allegations of India’s involvement in the pro-Khalistani Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing on its soil that sparked a diplomatic row between the two nations are based on both human and signals intelligence and inputs from one among its five allies namely Australia, New Zealand, the US and the UK. Canada and India over the past few days expelled each others’ diplomats and issued tit-for-tit travel advisories banning issuance of visas for Canadian citizens to visit India.
As the country stands accused of being an assassin, India may do well to direct any retaliatory diplomatic action against Canada rather than stop visa services as this action will hit a large number of Indian origin Canadian citizens or Indian citizens wishing to migrate to Canada for studies. It would do well to share internationally the large amount of evidence it has gathered already about the free plotting in Canada and a few other countries by spreading the anti-Indian propaganda. Simultaneously, all countries should be made aware of the large-scale incitement to violence through horrific hate speeches and threats to diplomats and to the Indian diaspora to leave the country that are being propagated freely in Canada now.
