‘Indira Gandhi Assassination Still Film Procession’: India strongly outraged against Canada

Source: PTI

New Delhi: India’s Foreign Minister S. has said that Canada has given permission for extremists to hold a still film procession of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s assassination in Brampton. Jaishankar strongly condemned it on Thursday.

Ahead of the 39th anniversary of Operation Blue Star on June 6, pictures and videos of a parade by Khalistani supporters in Brampton, Canada, on June 4 went viral online.

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The Congress had urged External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to take the incident seriously and talk to the Canadian authorities.

Reacting to this in a press conference held later, Jaishankar expressed outrage that Canada is allowing anti-India organizations to carry out such acts on its soil. He criticized Canada’s policy of allowing separatists, extremists and people who advocate violence elsewhere to be politically motivated.

Earlier, Canada’s High Commissioner to India Cameron Mackay said he was “disturbed” by reports of the incident in his country.

There is no tolerance for glorification of hatred or violence in Canada. “I condemn such activities,” Mackay said in a tweet.