PM Trudeau ruined relations between India, Canada for votes: Former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh
The Hindu
Former Punjab CM criticizes Trudeau for promoting Khalistanis, ruining India-Canada relations for Sikh votes, amid diplomatic row.
Former Punjab chief minister and senior BJP leader Amarinder Singh lashed out at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday (October 25, 2024) for "ruining" the India-Canada ties, saying he is only interested in getting Sikh votes in elections.
Mr. Singh's remarks came amid frosty relations between India and Canada.
India has recalled its high commissioner and five other diplomats from Canada after they were named as "persons of interest" in a Canadian investigation into the 2023 killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Khalistani terrorist who was a Canadian citizen, in British Columbia.
"Trudeau has ruined the relationship [between India and Canada]. Trudeau is interested in only one thing and that is getting the Sikh votes for his own election," Mr. Singh said while replying to a reporter's question on the diplomatic row between India and Canada.
"He does not care what happens. He has done this earlier also. He is promoting Khalistanis. This is something that is not acceptable," he said while talking to reporters in Khanna.
Recalling his tenure as the Punjab chief minister, Mr. Singh said he had refused to meet the then Canadian Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan during his visit to India and called him a "Khalistani sympathiser".
"When I was in the government, the Canadian defence minister was on a visit to India. I had refused to meet him," he said.
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