RCMP charged three Indian nationals last Friday in the death of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was shot dead last June as he left a temple in Surrey, B.C.
India ’s Foreign Affairs Minister says Canada is his country’s “biggest problem” when it comes to Sikh separatism.
Jaishankar says the protests in Canada have gone beyond the limits of free speech, and he reacted to last week’s arrest by repeating claims that Ottawa allows Indian criminals to immigrate to Canada. One attendee asked Jaishankar about countries like the U.S. and Canada wanting to partner with India while allowing people to support a separatist movement there, which New Delhi deems to be unconstitutional. Another attendee inquired about last Friday’s arrests, and Jaishankar addressed both questions.
“I tell the foreign minister saying, ‘Suppose it happened to you. if it was your diplomat, your embassy, your flag, how would you react?’ So, we have to keep our position strong,” he said. “These are wanted criminals from India, you have given them visas … and yet you allow them to live there.” In February, a senior Canadian foreign-service bureaucrat told MPs that Canadian officials have been offering their Indian counterparts “workshops” on the rule of law, because India’s definition of terrorism “does not always compute in our legal system.”
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