'Absurd And Baseless': India Strongly Protests Canadian Minister's Allegations Against Amit Shah

New Delhi, India: Canada's allegations against Union Home Minister Amit Shah are "absurd and baseless" said MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal on Saturday, adding that the Government of India protests in the strongest terms to the references made.

Replying to queries during a weekly press briefing here, Jaiswal said such irresponsible actions will have serious consequences for bilateral ties.

India summons Canadian official 

India summoned the representative of the Canadian High Commission on Friday with a note protesting the accusations. 

"Regarding the latest Canadian target, we summoned the representative of the Canadian High Commission yesterday. 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," said the MEA spokesperson.

This comes after Canada's National Security and Intelligence Advisor Nathalie Drouin and Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister David Morrison members of the national security committee of the Canadian Parliament confirmed a leaked Washington Post reports alleging that Union Home Minister Amit Shah was behind the campaign of targeting Khalistani separatists in Canada. 

MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said this revelation that high Canadian government officials deliberately leaked unfounded insinuations to international media as part of a conscious strategy to discredit India and influence other nations only confirms the view that the Indian government has long held about the current Canadian government's political agenda and behavioural pattern.

While addressing the Parliament members, Morrison did not say how Canada knew of Shah's alleged involvement.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had said a year ago that Canada had credible evidence agents of the Indian government were involved in the murder of Canadian Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia in June 2023.

Dismissing the allegations as absurd, Indian government officials have consistently denied that Canada provided evidence.