Anti-India activities are going on from Canadian soil, Behind which Khalistani separatists along with many other terrorist organizations are also involved. Prime Minister of Canada Terrorists, separatists, They are giving shelter to gangsters and anti-India forces. India is registering its protest against all this through appropriate channels. But instead of taking action on the basis of India’s protest and credible information provided by India, Canada is instead making baseless allegations against India.
Canadian Prime Minister Justice Trudeau has been making many mistakes one after the other due to his party politics and concern for preserving power. They have committed a historical mistake by including India in the category of their adversaries. Does the Prime Minister of Canada not know that India is the largest democracy in the world and like the civilized and developed countries of the West, elections are held in India in a peaceful manner and after that the transfer of power takes place? Are they not aware that India abides by all international treaties and respects international laws? Then how did they put India in the category of authoritarian and undemocratic countries like China and Russia and rogue countries like Iran and North Korea? In the list of its hostile countries released by Canada, India has also been named along with China, Russia, Iran and North Korea. Trudeau probably has no idea how big a diplomatic mistake this is.
In fact, Justice Trudeau first made a mistake in vote politics. After that, to justify that mistake, he made another mistake and the series of mistakes that started after that is not stopping. It seems that they are entangled in their own web and while trying to get out of it, they are making mistakes one after the other. Instead of directly admitting their mistake, they are complicating the matter. At one time it seemed that he might correct his mistake, when he told a Canadian parliamentary committee that he did not have solid evidence for the allegations he had made on India regarding the killing of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
Trudeau admitted that he had made the allegations based on intelligence information without any evidence. Obviously the fact is that Canada did not have any concrete evidence from the ‘Five Eyes’ countries that supported it. As far as intelligence information is concerned, most of the information is based on hearsay. There is no concrete evidence for that either. Then it seemed that the dispute that had started due to baseless allegations against India would end and bilateral relations between the two countries would improve.
But while Trudeau half-heartedly admitted his mistake, his Deputy Foreign Minister David Morrison took the name of Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah in front of a parliamentary committee. He said that the order for action against Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar was given by the Home Minister of India. Not only this, the Canadian government minister said that he had leaked the news about this to the American media. How big a question is it on Canadian politics and diplomacy that one of its ministers leaks news to newspapers and tries to defame the Home Minister of the world’s largest democracy? It is noteworthy that before the minister’s confession, there was a news in the American newspaper ‘Washington Post’ that Shri Amit Shah had ordered the attack. Later it was revealed that the source of this newspaper news was the Deputy Foreign Minister of Canada. Obviously, instead of correcting the first mistake of accusing India, the Trudeau government has made the second mistake to prove its allegation correct. Canada has already committed a major diplomatic mistake by labeling Indian diplomats as suspicious, after which both the countries recalled their diplomats.
There is no doubt that finding and punishing the country’s enemies even in the underworld is a sign of any strong country. Who knows better than America and Israel how to find and kill the country’s enemies? Both these countries have set an example in this matter. Unfortunately, this did not happen earlier in India. Earlier, even when there were terrorist attacks on India, India did not react. Even after attacks like Mumbai, India did not take any action. But the new India under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi is now thinking of entering the house and killing. Indian Army’s surgical strike or air strike is an example of this.
Similarly, if like America and Israel, India is identifying its enemies and searching for those who are thinking of destroying the unity and integrity of India, then there is no harm in it. If Shri Amit Shah has asked to identify the enemies of the country and take action against them under international laws, then there is nothing wrong in it. Keep in mind that the spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs of India recently said that India has made more than two dozen appeals to Canada for the extradition of many wanted criminals, who are involved in gang war or separatist activities, which is still pending.
This means that if Indian separatists or gangsters are fleeing to Canada, then instead of taking action against them, Canada is giving them shelter and is not extraditing them despite India’s demand. After this, when these gangsters are being killed in mutual fighting, they are accusing India of getting them killed. India exercised great restraint even on such absurd allegations by the Canadian Prime Minister and his Deputy Foreign Minister. India repeatedly asked Canada to provide evidence. But he is not providing any concrete evidence because he does not have evidence. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau himself has accepted this.
Despite this, the leaders there are not desisting from making baseless allegations. This is the reality that the Prime Minister of Canada is doing politics with the help of India’s enemies. They are doing politics of preserving power with the help of Khalistani separatists. That’s why to appease them they are spoiling relations with India. His poor diplomacy has also put Canada’s economy in trouble. Canada gets a revenue of Rs 2 lakh crore every year from Indian students studying in different institutions of Canada. Its share in its GDP is very big. After this, the case of Indians working there and contributing to the economy there is different.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should learn something from former US President Donald Trump. Trump has raised the issue of atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh. He said that barbarity is being committed against Hindus there. Be it Trump or President Joe Biden, they know that Indian Hindus are making meaningful contributions to the development of that country wherever they are in the world. Even in Canada, their contribution is more than any other ethnic or religious community. Trudeau is not respecting this. There is a continuous campaign of hatred going on against Hindus. They are being attacked. Every day, videos of insult to the national flag of India i.e. the tricolor are going viral. Anti-India activities are going on from Canadian soil, behind which Khalistani separatists along with many other terrorist organizations are also involved.
The Prime Minister of Canada is giving shelter to terrorists, separatists, gangsters and anti-India forces. India is registering its protest against all this through appropriate channels. But instead of taking action on the basis of India’s protest and credible information provided by India, Canada is instead making baseless allegations against India. Today, under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah, India is capable enough to punish the enemies of the country for their anti-India activities. Nothing can hinder it. Therefore, Canada should keep in mind whether it enjoys cordial relations with a strong India and take advantage of it or do harm to itself by choosing the path of declared hostility. (The author is Officer on Special Duty, holding the status of Cabinet Minister, to Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang (Golay), Delhi.)