SOURCE: ANI
Former Chief Minister of Punjab and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amarinder Singh on Friday slammed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for damaging India-Canada relations accusing him of not letting normalcy return until the elections are over.
“He (Trudeau) will not let normalcy return until the elections are over. He cannot win unless he gets the support of the Khalistanis. The common people don’t want any trouble; they want peace,” Singh said.
PM Trudeau has been facing a political rift in Canada, with MPs demanding his resignation before the elections. The elections in Canada are expected to be held next year.
Amarinder Singh asserted that Trudeau needs the support of Khalistani to win the elections.
Notably, Justin Trudeau suffered a blow when the Jagmeet Singh-led New Democratic Party (NDP) withdrew its support. Canada is now treading in uncertain waters as the NDP helped keep the Trudeau government alive. As per Canadian law, elections will be conducted in Canada by the end of October 2025.
As Trudeau faces declining approval ratings, his recent stance toward India appears to be a strategic move aimed at rallying support from the influential Sikh community ahead of the upcoming federal elections.
Amarinder Singh further said that any legal expert would “laugh” over Trudeau’s allegations without any evidence.
“India is asking for evidence. But to say that there is no evidence that they have done it, what kind of system is this? If you talk to any legal expert anywhere, everyone will laugh at this,” Amarinder Singh said.
He further described Trudeau’s “credible allegations” of India’s hand in the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar as a “political issue.”
The ties between India and Canada soured after Trudeau alleged in the Canadian Parliament last year that he has “credible allegations” of India’s hand in the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
India has denied all the allegations, calling them “absurd” and “motivated” and has accused Canada of giving space to extremist and anti-India elements in their country.
Nijjar, who was designated a terrorist by India’s National Investigation Agency in 2020, was shot and killed outside a Gurdwara in Surrey in June last year