Terming the Canada’s behaviour “the pits”, India’s recalled high commissioner Sanjay Verma said that India was back-stabbed and treated in a most unprofessional manner by a country that is supposed to be a friendly democracy.
In an unexpected downturn of relations, Verma was declared a “person of interest” by Canada last week in its investigation into the June 2023 killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canadian citizen who has been declared a Khalistani terrorist by India. Before Canada could take further action, New Delhi recalled Verma and five other diplomats. who were also similarly named.
“This is the pits. This is the most unprofessional approach to a bilateral relation. There are diplomatic tools available in the hands of a diplomat. Those tools could have been used” instead of seeking to interrogate a country’s top envoy and other diplomats, Verma said in an interview to PTI Video recorded on Wednesday, his first after returning to India.
EXCLUSIVE | VIDEO: Here’s what Indian High Commissioner Sanjay Verma told @PTI_News on the timeline of how the India-Canada crisis unfolded.
“I was on a visit to Toronto. I was sitting at the airport, and I received a message from an interlocutor in the global affairs in Canada,… pic.twitter.com/8RjkWTcYlB
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) October 24, 2024
Speaking on a wide range of issues at PTI’s New Delhi studios, Verma spoke about the genesis of the Khalistani movement in Canada, the support it has been getting from local politicians for electoral gains, and the kind of criminal activities the Khalistanis carry out in order to increase their numbers.
“A child that cries the most gets fed first by the mother. Similarly, even though they are only a handful, they shout the most and get the most attention from Canadian political backers,” he said.
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