B.C. Sikh temple whose president was murdered calls for Modi’s G7 invite to be pulled
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Former prime minister Justin Trudeau's publicly linked 'agents of the Indian government' to the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, president of Surrey's Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara.
The British Columbia Sikh temple whose president was allegedly murdered by agents of the Indian government has written to Prime Minister Mark Carney expressing “deep disappointment” that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been invited to the upcoming G7 meeting.
Last week, Modi confirmed he would attend the meeting, to be held in Kananaskis, Alta., from June 15 to 17.
The move comes amid elevated tensions between the two countries following allegations of foreign interference and former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s public claims linking “agents of the Indian government” to the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, president of Surrey’s Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara and prominent advocate for an independent Sikh state.
In the letter, the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Society cites those allegations, which they say were further validated last October when Canadian law enforcement confirmed clandestine operations by Indian agents in Canada, and the subsequent expulsion of six Indian diplomats.
“We all feel it is adding insult to injury and the community is reeling from continuous violence over the last several years that has been carried out by agents of the inidan government as per the foreign affairs commission,” said Moninder Singh, spokesperson for the Sikh Federation Canada.
“This new signalling of a softening of relations and coming back into the Indian camp and allowing them to come back to Canada in this sinvite, it just signals that Sikh lives, Canadian lives, the sovereignty of the country as well which has been undermined by India, all of that is secondary to issues of economics and trade and diplomacy which shouldn’t be the case ever for a country like Canada.”
The letter calls for Modi’s invitation to be withdrawn and all further diplomatic engagements with India to be paused until the investigation of Nijjar’s murder is complete.
“The Sikh community perceives this diplomatic action as undermining Canada’s commitment to justice, citizen safety, and national sovereignty, potentially signalling tolerance for state-sponsored violence and foreign interference,” it states.
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