India declines Trudeau’s accusations, claims Canada has really equipped no proof in Nijjar murder- Economy Junction

India on Thursday declined the accusations made by the Canadian Prime Minister Justine Trudeau over India’s declared operate of Indian federal authorities representatives within the 2023 homicide of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, stating that the Canadian federal authorities has really not equipped any kind of shred of particulars contemplating that September of 2023.

On Wednesday, Trudeau indicated previous to the nation’s worldwide disturbance question in the midst of the intensifying India-Canada well mannered row, all through which the PM acknowledged that he had no “hard evidentiary proof” and simply had information when Canada in 2014 declared the participation of the Indian federal authorities representatives within the homicide of Nijjar.

Addressing the media on Thursday on the priority, MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal claimed, ” We have made our place very clear on this explicit matter. Since, September of 2023 the Canadian authorities has not shared any shred of knowledge with us. Yesterday, once more, after the general public inquiry, public listening to once more, issued a press release saying that Canada has given critical allegations however has to this point not given any proof to again it up…so far as the allegations are involved, PM Trudeau’s personal admission, yesterday would point out the worth of those allegations. As regards our stance…we reject false imputations in opposition to our diplomats”

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“We had summoned the acting High Commissioner of Canada and thereafter conveyed that we had no faith that the Canadian government will look after the safety of our diplomats and therefore, we had taken a decision to withdraw our High Commissioner and five other diplomats along with him. Subsequent to that, we saw that there was a communication from the Canadian side asking them to leave, but we had withdrawn our diplomats before their decision,” he mentioned.

Talking about India- Canada relations, he mentioned that the financial ties between the 2 nations are very robust and vibrant. “We have large Indian diaspora in Canada which is a bridge through which we maintain strong people-to-people links with Canada. We have possibly the largest cohort of international students in Canada as well. This particular crisis has been precipitated by Trudeau government’s baseless allegations. This is how we see the relationship going forward,” he added.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau additionally admitted Wednesday that he didn’t current concrete proof to India on Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing on Canadian soil and mentioned that he solely shared intelligence earlier than publicly accusing India of being concerned within the Khalistani separatist’s assassination.

Nijjar was fatally shot in his pickup truck in June 2023 after he left the Sikh temple he led within the metropolis of Surrey, British Columbia.

The diplomatic dispute escalated when Canada designated High Commissioner Sanjay Verma and different Indian diplomats in Ottawa as “persons of interest,” accusing them of involvement in Nijjar’s killing final September.