Canadian Diplomat Summoned After Allegations Against Amit Shah By Minister

New Delhi:

Rubbishing a Canadian minister’s claims that Home Minister Amit Shah had ordered the targeting of Khalistani extremists in the country, India has termed them “absurd and baseless” and said a Canadian diplomat had been summoned. 

Canada’s Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister David Morrison had made the allegations while addressing members of the country’s Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security on Tuesday.

Replying to a question on Saturday, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said a representative of the Canadian High Commission had been summoned on Friday and a diplomatic note was handed over.

“It was conveyed in the note that the Government of India protests in the strongest terms to the absurd and baseless references made to the Union Home Minister of India before the committee by Deputy Minister David Morrison,” Mr Jaiswal said.