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In a statement, the ministry of external affairs listed the names of Canadian diplomats who have been asked to leave the country by or before 11:59 PM on Saturday, October 19, 2024...
Earlier this evening, the MEA announced that it is withdrawing the Indian high commissioner and other diplomats after they were labelled as persons of interest by Ottawa in its probe into the killing of pro-Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar...
In its statement, the MEA stated it summoned Canada's Charge d'Affaires, who was told that the baseless "targeting" of Indian High Commissioner Sanjay Verma and other diplomats and officials was completely unacceptable...
Tensions between India and Canada are high after Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau last year told his country's parliament about potential involvement of Indian government agents in the killing of Nijjar...
On Canada's move to link the Indian diplomats to Nijjar case, the ministry said,"The Government of India strongly rejects these preposterous imputations and ascribes them to the political agenda of the Trudeau Government that is centered around vote bank politics," the MEA statement said..
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