New Delhi: India on Monday trashed Canada\u2019s diplomatic communication that the Indian High Commissioner and other diplomats are \u2018persons of interest\u2019 in a case in the country, calling the allegations \u201cpreposterous imputations\u201d. In a strongly worded statement, the Ministry of External Affairs slammed Canada\u2019s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, attributing the charge to his political agenda and vote bank politics.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe received a diplomatic communication from Canada yesterday suggesting that the Indian High Commissioner and other diplomats are \u2018persons of interest\u2019 in a matter related to an investigation in that country. The Government of India strongly rejects these preposterous imputations and ascribes them to the political agenda of the Trudeau Government that is centred around vote bank politics,\u201d said the MEA in the statement.<\/p>\n
Canada has accused Indian officials of being involved in the murder of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. India has categorically rejected the claim and has asked for evidence substantiating the grave allegations.<\/p>\n
New Delhi further said that Justin Trudeau\u2019s hostility to India had been long known.<\/p>\n
\u201cPrime Minister Trudeau\u2019s hostility to India has long been in evidence. In 2018, his visit to India, which was aimed at currying favour with a vote bank, rebounded to his discomfort. His Cabinet has included individuals who have openly associated with an extremist and separatist agenda regarding India,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis naked interference in Indian internal politics in December 2020 showed how far he was willing to go in this regard. That his Government was dependent on a political party, whose leader openly espouses a separatist ideology vis-\u00e0-vis India, only aggravated matters. Under criticism for turning a blind eye to foreign interference in Canadian politics, his Government has deliberately brought in India in an attempt to mitigate the damage. This latest development targeting Indian diplomats is now the next step in that direction. It is no coincidence that it takes place as Prime Minister Trudeau is to depose before a Commission on foreign interference. It also serves the anti-India separatist agenda that the Trudeau Government has constantly pandered to for narrow political gains,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n
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