India-Canada Row: India Saturday confirmed there was certainly a gathering that was held between Canadian intelligence officers and Nationwide Safety Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval final month in Singapore. Nevertheless, New Delhi maintained that even in that assembly Ottawa “didn’t share” any proof that indicated alleged involvement of any Indian official within the killing of Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
“Sure the assembly did happen… And I once more reiterate that Canada to date has not shared with us any shred of proof … There are a number of points you focus on once you meet,” Jaiswal Saturday stated responding to a query throughout a media briefing.
This comes after Canada named Residence Minister Amit Shah for authorising assaults and intelligence gathering on pro-Khalistan Sikh separatists dwelling in Canada. The matter got here to gentle after a report by The Washington Submit naming Shah was printed on October 29.
Shah’s identify was confirmed to the US-based newspaper by Canada’s Deputy Overseas Minister David Morrison.
Morrison informed the Canadian Parliament members of the nationwide safety committee Tuesday that Amit Shah “ordered a marketing campaign of violence, intimidation and intelligence-gathering concentrating on Sikh separatists in Canada”.
The assembly between NSA Doval and Canadian intel officers held in Singapore acquired revealed throughout the identical assembly with the committee members. This was revealed by Canada’s NSA Nathalie Drouin two days earlier than the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) disclosed all the main points of Nijjar’s homicide case and India’s alleged function in that. She additionally stated the RCMP went public as a result of Canada realised that India won’t cooperate with them within the investigations.
Canada had requested India to waive diplomatic immunity for the “individuals of curiosity” named by RCMP, which included India’s Excessive Commissioner to Canada Sanjay Verma, who was subsequently recalled since then. Verma is just not again in India together with different Indian diplomats who have been named by RCMP.
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Jaiswal Saturday additionally stated India but once more summoned a Canadian diplomat primarily based of their mission right here in New Delhi for naming Shah within the case and handed over a diplomatic word to the official in reference to the current proceedings of Canada’s Standing Committee on Public Security and Nationwide Safety on October 29.
“It was conveyed within the Notice that the Authorities of India protests within the strongest phrases to the absurd and baseless references made to the Union Residence Minister of India earlier than the Committee by Deputy Minister David Morrison,” he stated.
The MEA spokesperson additionally added: “Actually, the revelation that top Canadian officers intentionally leak unfounded insinuations to the worldwide media as a part of a aware technique to discredit India and affect different nations solely confirms the view Authorities of India has lengthy held concerning the present Canadian Authorities’s political agenda and behavioral sample. Such irresponsible actions can have severe penalties for bilateral ties.”
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‘Canada Indulging In Harassment And Intimidation’
Canada can be believed to be conducting audio and video surveillance on Indian diplomats primarily based in that nation.
“A few of our Consular officers have been just lately knowledgeable by the Canadian Authorities that they’ve been and continued to be beneath audio and video surveillance. Their communications have additionally been intercepted. We’ve formally protested to the Canadian Authorities as we deem these actions to be a flagrant violation of related diplomatic and consular conventions,” stated Jaiswal.
He added: “By citing technicalities, the Canadian authorities can not justify the truth that it’s indulging in harassment and intimidation. Our diplomatic and consular personnel are already functioning in an surroundings of extremism and violence. This motion of the Canadian Authorities aggravates the state of affairs and is incompatible with established diplomatic norms and practices.”
This comes after Canada labelled India as a “cyber adversary” in a report on cyber safety — Nationwide Cyber Menace Evaluation 2025-2026. This was launched by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Safety.
“International locations that aspire to change into new centres of energy inside the world system, akin to India, are constructing cyber packages that current various ranges of menace to Canada,” it stated.
“We assess that Indian state-sponsored cyber menace actors probably conduct cyber menace exercise in opposition to Authorities of Canada networks for the aim of espionage. We decide that official bilateral relations between Canada and India will very probably drive Indian state-sponsored cyber menace exercise in opposition to Canada,” stated the report that will get printed each two years.
India on Saturday additionally stated it’s monitoring the well-being of the hundreds of Indian college students finding out in Canada and likewise of those that are working there on momentary work visas.
“Our concern for his or her security and safety stays robust,” stated Jaiswal, including that the choice by the Canadian authorities to to not maintain Diwali celebrations exhibits that Ottawa has “reached excessive ranges of intolerance and extremism”.
Nijjar, 45, was killed outdoors a gurdwara in Surrey, British Columbia, on June 18, 2023. He was an India-born Canadian citizen who ran his personal enterprise in Canada and was additionally a distinguished chief of the Khalistan motion there.
In the meantime, the developments in Canada are additionally having a bearing on an analogous case that is happening in the USA regarding an alleged try to assassinate Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a twin US-Canadian citizen, in New York.
The US termed Canada’s allegations in opposition to Amit Shah “regarding” and stated Washington would proceed to seek the advice of Ottawa on the difficulty.
“The allegations made by the federal government of Canada are regarding, and we’ll proceed to seek the advice of with the Canadian authorities about these allegations,” State Division Spokesperson Matthew Miller stated just lately throughout a press briefing.