A day following the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) dismissed a Canadian media report highlighting PM Modi’s role in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Canada has issued a statement denying any role of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in its ‘internal matters’.
Notably, this statement comes amid the ongoing India-Canada Row over diplomatic issues. A day after India called out Canada’s ‘smear campaign’ against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the country, the Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council and National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister, Nathalie G. Drouin has issued a statement on behalf of the country.
The statement by the Justin Trudeau government reads, “On October 14th, because of a significant and ongoing threat to public safety, the RCMP and officials took the extraordinary step of making public accusations of serious criminal activity in Canada perpetrated by agents of the Government of India.” The statement further read, “The Government of Canada has not stated, nor is it aware of evidence, linking Prime Minister Modi, Minister Jaishankar, or NSA Doval to the serious criminal activity within Canada. Any suggestion to the contrary is both speculative and inaccurate.
”This statement by the Justin Trudeau government comes a day after India called out Canada for its ‘smear campaign’ against the nation. Local media reports had claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi already knew about the alleged plot to kill separatist terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Not only this, the reports further claimed that apart from him, India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval were also aware of this plot. The report also mentioned that Canada doesn’t have evidence regarding the same yet.
Quoting the report, “While Canada does not have direct evidence that Mr. Modi knew, the official said, the assessment is that it would be unthinkable that three senior political figures in India would not have discussed the targeted killings with Mr. Modi before proceeding.”
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