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New Delhi, November 3
India on Thursday reiterated its concern over sure forces planning a so-called referendum in Canada on their demand for Khalistan and known as upon that nation to stop anti-India actions by people and teams based mostly there.
It additionally urged Canada to designate as terrorists underneath its legal guidelines these people and entities who’ve been declared as terrorists underneath Indian legal guidelines.
Asked concerning the challenge of the so-called Khalistan referendum in Canada, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi stated, “I think we have made our position clear a couple of times. Our position on the efforts by anti-India elements to hold a so-called Khalistan referendum is well known. It has been conveyed to the Canadian government both in New Delhi and in Canada.”
The authorities of Canada has conveyed that it respects India’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and won’t recognise the so-called referendum, which is to happen in two elements in Canada, Bagchi stated.
“The Canadian high commissioner here and their deputy foreign minister reiterated this perspective earlier this week in separate statements. However, let me also reiterate what we said earlier, which is that we find it deeply objectionable that politically-motivated exercises by extremist elements are allowed to take place in a friendly country, and you are all aware of the history of violence in this regard,” he added.
“We will continue to press the government of Canada in this matter. We call upon them to prevent anti-India activities by individuals and groups based in their country, and to designate as terrorists under their laws the individuals and entities who have been declared as terrorists under our laws,” the MEA official stated.
The Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) has proposed the so-called referendum in Mississauga, close to Toronto, on November 6.
The first such train was held at Brampton on September 18.
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