India Summons Canadian Official On Allegations Against Amit Shah, Conveys ‘Strong Protests’

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Saturday said it had summoned the representative of the Canadian High Commission and a diplomatic note was handed over in reference to the recent proceedings of Canada’s Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.
The MEA statement comes after Canadian Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister David Morrison on October 29 told Parliament members of the national security committee that Home Minister Amit Shah “ordered a campaign of violence, intimidation and intelligence-gathering” targeting Sikh separatists in Canada. 
In the note to Canada, India has conveyed its protests in the strongest terms to the absurd and baseless references made to the Union Home Minister before the Committee by Deputy Minister David Morrison.
”The revelation that high Canadian officials deliberately leak unfounded insinuations to the international media as part of a conscious strategy to discredit India and influence other nations only confirms the view Government of India has long held about current Canadian Government’s political agenda and behavioral pattern,” MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in a statement.