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Pro-Khalistani Extremists Threaten Incoming Indian High Commissioner to Canada
Pro-Khalistani Extremists Threaten Incoming Indian High Commissioner to Canada
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India's new High Commissioner to Canada, Dinesh Patnaik, presented a copy of his credentials to Canada's Protocol Chief Sebastian Carriere on Monday.
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Pro-Khalistan group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), banned under India's anti-terror Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), has threatened to lay "siege" to Indian consulate in Vancouver on Thursday over the alleged role in running "spy networks" targeting so-called pro-Khalistan "referendum" campaigners.The development surfaces even as two countries attempt to repair ties, which had suffered under the previous Justin Trudeau government. At the time, New Delhi accused the Canadian authorities of giving political "space" to pro-Khalistan elements to the detriment of India-Canada relations.At a meeting between Trudeau's successor Mark Carney and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the margins of the G7 Summit in Kananaskis in June, both sides agreed to take "calibrated and constructive steps to restore stability in the relationship, beginning with the early return of High Commissioners to each other’s capitals", an Indian readout said.Modi and Carney had also underscored that bilateral ties were based on "shared democratic values" and respect for the "rule of law" as well as a commitment to uphold "principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity", a reference to the activities of Khalistan groups in Canada. New Delhi has consistently urged Canada to respect its concerns and sensitivities.In a rare public acknowledgement in June, Ottawa's top spy agency Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) told the Parliament that Canada-based Pro-Khalistan Extremists (CBKEs) continue to "pose a national security threat to Canada and Canadian interests."
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Pro-Khalistani Extremists Threaten Incoming Indian High Commissioner to Canada
India's new High Commissioner to Canada, Dinesh Patnaik, presented a copy of his credentials to Canada's Protocol Chief Sebastian Carriere on Monday. India had withdrawn its top diplomat from Canada last October over safety concerns.
Pro-Khalistan group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), banned under India's anti-terror Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), has threatened to lay "siege" to Indian consulate in Vancouver on Thursday over the alleged role in running "spy networks" targeting so-called pro-Khalistan "referendum" campaigners.
The SFJ has also published a poster targeting the incoming Indian High Commissioner, renewing concerns over safety of the Indian diplomats stationed in the North American country, which has the largest Sikh population outside the Indian state of Punjab.
The development surfaces even as two countries attempt to repair ties, which had
suffered under the previous Justin Trudeau government. At the time, New Delhi accused the Canadian authorities of giving political "space" to pro-Khalistan elements to the detriment of India-Canada relations.
At a meeting between Trudeau's successor
Mark Carney and
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the margins of the
G7 Summit in Kananaskis in June, both sides agreed to take "calibrated and constructive steps to restore stability in the relationship, beginning with the
early return of High Commissioners to each other’s capitals", an Indian readout said.
Modi and Carney had also underscored that bilateral ties were based on "shared democratic values" and respect for the "rule of law" as well as a commitment to uphold "principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity", a reference to the activities of Khalistan groups in Canada. New Delhi has consistently urged Canada to respect its concerns and sensitivities.
In a rare public acknowledgement in June, Ottawa's top spy agency Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) told the Parliament that Canada-based Pro-Khalistan Extremists (CBKEs) continue to "pose a national security threat to Canada and Canadian interests."
"Non-violent advocacy for an independent state of Khalistan is not considered extremism. Only a small group of individuals are considered Khalistani extremists because they continue to use Canada as a base for the promotion, fundraising or planning of violence primarily in India," the CSIS said in a report.
