‘Country’s Fight Against Terrorism Should Be Uncompromising’ Jairam Ramesh Comments

Soon after the release of the official statement rejecting the Canadian governments allegation that Indian government is involved in the murder of a Sikh separatist leader in Canada by the officials, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has said ‘country’s interests and concerns must be kept paramount at all times”.

“Our countries fight against terrorism has to be uncompromising, especially when terrorism threatens India’s sovereignty, unity and integrity,” he wrote on X

He also affirmed the fact that India National Congress always believed that our country’s fight against terrorism has to be uncompromising.

The Indian National Congress has always believed that our country”s fight against terrorism has to be uncompromising, especially when terrorism threatens India”s sovereignty, unity and integrity. Our country”s interests and concerns must be kept paramount at all times.#Canada

— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) September 19, 2023

Canada on Monday has accused the Indian involvement in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader last June, and expelled New Delhi”s intelligence chief in Ottawa in retaliation. Canadian Prime Minister on Tuesday said that the security agencies were investigating a link between the Indian government and the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar earlier this year.

“Canadian security agencies have been actively pursuing credible allegations of a potential link between agents of the Government of India and the killing of a Canadian citizen, Hardeep Singh Nijjar,” Trudeau said while speaking at the House of Commons in Ottawa.

Trudeau said he had bought up the issue during G20 meet. “Canada has declared its deep concerns to the top intelligence security officials of the Indian government. Last week, at the G20, I brought them personally and directly to Prime Minister Modi in no uncertain terms,” the Canadian Prime Minister said.

Hardeep Singh Nijjar was killed in a targeted shooting on June 28 this year, says India Today.

Trudeau has urged the Indian government to cooperate with Canada to get to the bottom of the matter.

But India stormed back against Canada’s allegation and said “Such unsubstantiated allegations seek to shift the focus from Khalistani terrorists and extremists, who have been provided shelter in Canada and continue to threaten India’s sovereignty and territorial integrity” in the official statement.

In 2002, National Investigation Agency (NIA) has already announced a Rs 10 Lakh reward on Nijjar after he was accused of conspiring to kill a Hindu priest in Jalandhar. He was based in Canada and was the chief of the Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF), the organisation accused of killing the priest. NIA had also filed a chargesheet against him in a conspiracy to commit terrorism acts against India.