Canadian PM Justin Trudeau came to India for the 2023 G20 Summit.
The Indian government has completely rejected a report by the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail, which alleged that Indian Prime Minister Modi had prior knowledge of a plan to assassinate Hardeep Singh Nijjar. India said that this is a campaign to defame us.
External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that we do not normally comment on media reports. However, we reject such 'absurd' and ridiculous statements.
Randhir Jaiswal further said that such a false statement further damages our already strained relations.
The report claims – Doval and Jaishankar were also aware A Canadian newspaper report also claimed that India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar were also aware of the conspiracy.
This is the first time PM Modi has been directly accused in Nijjar murder case. However, the report also claims that the Canadian government has no concrete evidence of this.
PM Modi and Trudeau met at the G20 summit
Prime Minister Modi and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau were seen talking to each other during the group photo of the G20 Summit.
Earlier, a picture of PM Modi and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau surfaced during the G20 summit in Brazil, after which it was believed that the ice between the two could be the beginning of thawing.
However, the day after the visit, the Trudeau government increased security checks for passengers coming from India. Due to which passengers have to go through strict security checks at the airport. According to Canadian news agency CBC, officials did not give a reason for the increased security checks.
Nijjar was killed while leaving the Gurdwara
On the evening of June 18, 2023, Nijjar was shot dead while leaving a gurudwara in Surrey. Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau accused the Indian government of involvement in the killing of Nijjar, which India denied.
After this, the tension between the two countries increased a lot. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar alleged that Canada was issuing visas to people wanted in India. He said, 'People associated with organized crime in Punjab are welcome in Canada.'
Parliament of Canada paid tribute to Khalistan terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar on the one year anniversary of his murder. A minute's silence was observed in Parliament for this.
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