Ottawa: Amid heightened diplomatic tensions between India and Canada, Canadian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, David Morrison, alleged that Indian Union Home Minister Amit Shah authorised actions to "intimidate or kill" Sikh separatists in Canada, as reported by CBC News. The statement came during a hearing of Canada’s Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security on October 31, which focused on “electoral interference and criminal activities in Canada by agents of the Government of India.”

Morrison’s remarks follow accusations by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) that Indian officials, including diplomats and consular staff, gathered intelligence on Sikh separatists, allegedly sharing this information with “criminal organisations” tasked with carrying out violent acts. RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme stated that credible threats had been identified against several members of the South Asian community in Canada, primarily those supporting the Khalistan movement, which seeks to establish an independent Sikh state.

The controversy around these allegations intensified in September when Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addressed Parliament, claiming credible intelligence linking Indian agents to the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a prominent Khalistan supporter, in June 2023. India has denied these claims, branding them as “absurd and motivated,” and has accused Canada of sheltering individuals threatening India's sovereignty. Following the escalation, both countries expelled multiple diplomats, further straining relations.

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Mumbai, Nov 14: Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Thursday said had former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi been alive today, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would have nowhere politically.

Speaking to PTI Videos, Patole criticised Union Home Minister Amit Shah for his comments at a poll rally in Maharashtra on Wednesday that Article 370, which accorded special status to Jammu and Kashmir, won’t be restored even if Indira Gandhi, who died in 1984, comes down from heaven.

Article 370 of the Constitution was scrapped by the BJP-led central government in August 2019.

The Maharashtra Congress president sought to know what has been achieved by nullifying the contentious constitutional provision.

''Shah should stop making such remarks. What have you achieved from abrogation of Article 370? You were able to conduct assembly elections (in J&K) after 10 years. Terrorism hasn't stopped and soldiers continue to be martyred every day. Instead Shah should tell people whether the BJP has fulfilled promises made in 2014 and 2019 polls," Patole said.

He remarked that had Indira Gandhi, a Congress stalwart who served as PM for more than 15 years, been alive today, the BJP would have been nowhere.

The BJP is scared of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, a trenchant critic of the saffron party, and sees him even in their dreams, Patole said in reply to a question.