Trudeau responsible for damaging ties, says MEA as Canada PM admits 'no proof' against India in Nijjar killing
The MEA held Canadian PM Justin Trudeau responsible for the damage in India-Canada relations after he admitted to no ‘hard evidentiary proof’, only intelligence of alleged involvement of Indian government agents in the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year
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The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday blamed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for the damage to India-Canada relations after he admitted that his government had only provided “intelligence and no proof” on its allegation of involvement of Indian government agents in the 2023 killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
On Wednesday, Trudeau testified before the country’s foreign interference inquiry amid the escalating India-Canada diplomatic row, during which the PM acknowledged that he had no “hard evidentiary proof” and only had intelligence when Canada last year alleged the involvement of the Indian government agents in the killing of Nijjar.
Trudeau said when Canadian agencies asked India to look into the allegations, New Delhi sought proof. “At that point, it was primarily intelligence, not hard evidentiary proof,” he admitted.
The Canadian PM further claimed that during July-August last year he had asked the Indian intelligence community to look into it later and alleged that it was initially thought to be a “gang-related” issue.
“Some South Asian MPs were insistent that it was likely connected to India,” Trudeau claimed, but did not name who those lawmakers were.
