There is a diplomatic row between India and Canada over the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Najjar. While Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is targeting India by calling Nijjar a Canadian citizen, a Canadian opposition leader has called him a foreign terrorist. People's Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier said Thursday that Hardeep Singh Nijjar was “a foreign terrorist” who was “somehow” granted citizenship in 2007. He warned Trudeau that the dispute should be resolved with India, calling it an emerging world power.
nijjar was not canadian
“A myth needs to be busted: the central figure of this controversy, Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was killed last year, was not a Canadian,” Bernier wrote on social media platform Bernier further stated that Nijjar first tried to seek asylum fraudulently in 1997, and that many of his asylum claims were rejected, yet he was allowed to remain in the country and was even granted citizenship in 2007. Was provided.
He called it an administrative error and said Nijjar should have been deported the moment his first asylum claim was rejected. He said, “Nijjar was not Canadian. We should probably take back his citizenship after his death to correct this administrative mistake.”
Don't spoil relations with emerging world power
Bernier criticized the Canadian government's asylum policy, saying “All this is happening because Canada has knowingly invited these foreigners and their tribal conflicts into our country for decades. We must recognize this huge mistake and stop it.” “We should work with the Indian government to find a solution rather than jeopardize our relations with an emerging world power and an important ally on the issue.”
He also criticized Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, alleging that Trudeau is using the crisis to divert attention from other controversies. However, Bernier said that if allegations of Indian diplomats engaging in criminal activities on Canadian soil are proven, they should be taken seriously. “So far we have no solid evidence, and Trudeau is clearly using this crisis to divert attention from other controversies,” he said.
India on Thursday said the ongoing diplomatic row with Canada has arisen over “baseless” allegations by the Trudeau government, and said “no evidence” has been shared to support Ottawa's serious allegations against New Delhi. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in his weekly press conference that the admission made by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during the public inquiry shows the importance of the allegations made against India.
