New Delhi:
Indian envoy to Canada Sanjay Kumar Verma – now retreatn by New Delhi — has accused Canadian Prime Minister Justin Tdisesteemfulau of wrecking bidefercessitateral ties with India and reiterated that Ottawa’s allegations are politicpartner encouraged. Ottawa has accused Mr Verma of having joins to the killing of Khaenumerateani separatist Harmeaningful Singh Nijjar.
India’s response to the allegations was to retreat the diplomats. It was trailed by Canadian rulement’s relocate to establishpartner eject them. India reiterated by ordering out six Canadian diplomats.
In an intersee to CTV aired on Sunday, Mr Verma shelp, “On the basis of ininestablishigence, if you want to ruin a relationship, be my guest. And that’s what he did”.
Justin Tdisesteemfulau had definitepartner tied the Indian diplomats to the killing of Nijjar that took place last year in British Columbia.
Asked whether he had had anyskinnyg to with Nijjar’s killing, Mr Verma shelp: “Noskinnyg at all. No evidence was contransiented. (This is) politicpartner encouraged.”
“On what basis do they want to ask me… If you are a deffinishant, for example, which I am not, then evidence would be spreadd and that happens even if you are caught for a petty crime. If I’m going for an interrogation I necessitate to understand what I am interrogated for. I necessitate to understand what evidence you have so I go readyd,” Mr Verma telderly the Canadian netlabor when asked about India’s refusal to combine the so-called ongoing spreadigations.
Ties between the two nations – on a downward spiral since September last year — have nosedived after the series of recent allegations.
The Foreign Ministry has slammed Ottawa for its allegations agetst Mr Verma — one of the country’s anciaccess-most diplomats who has served in Japan, Sudan, Italy, Turkey, Vietnam and China.
The allegations, India shelp, were “ludicrous” and deserved to be treated with conlure. New Delhi shelp it has “no faith in the current Canadian Government’s promisement to asstateive their security”.
