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STORY: :: October 18, 2024:: Toronto, Canada :: Sikh protesters call for India's consulates to be closed in Canada:: Ottawa accuses New Delhi of involvement in the murder of a Sikh separatist leader last yearKuljeet Singh, Spokesperson, Sikhs for Justice "We believe India remains a threat to Canada's sovereignty, Canada's freedom of speech and Canada's freedom of expression. They will remain a threat to all Canadian citizens, and we will not stop until these consulates are removed permanently.""This is not a diplomatic tit-for-tat. This is a tyrant dictatorship trying to impose its values on a democratic, peaceful nation such as Canada."Kuljeet Singh, a spokesperson for Sikhs for Justice, called on Canada to shut the country’s Indian consulates down."We believe India remains a threat to Canada's sovereignty, Canada's freedom of speech and Canada's freedom of expression," Singh said.A protester, Bisman Dhillon, said "This is not a diplomatic tit-for-tat. This is a tyrant dictatorship trying to impose its values on a democratic, peaceful nation such as Canada."Canada's Sikhs have been in the spotlight since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last year accused India's government of involvement in the June 18, 2023, murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh separatist leader in Canada and Moninder Singh's friend, who was shot in Surrey.India's government has denied involvement in the killing of Nijjar. India has accused Canada of providing a safe haven for Sikh separatists.Canada said on Monday it expelled six Indian diplomats, linking them to Nijjar's murder and alleging a broader effort to target Indian dissidents in Canada through killings, extortion, use of organized crime and clandestine information-gathering. India retaliated by ordering the expulsion of six Canadian diplomats and called the allegations preposterous and politically motivated.
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