Canada Has Double Standards Against Terror Outfits. India And West Don’t Have To Follow It By Dr Seshadri Chari Author is a Secretary General of the Forum for Integrated National Security (FINS).PART 2

 Incidentally, in July 2020, this SFJ leader had staged a protest and burnt the Indian tricolour in Canada. The group had mailed the remains of the Indian flag to the Indian High Commissioner in Ottawa. It had claimed that “remains of Indian tricolour were mailed to Ajay Bisaria, Indian High Commissioner in Ottawa as a symbolic gesture to remind India that Canada considers Khalistan as a political opinion. 

 However, a spokesperson of the Canadian foreign ministry had rejected the SFJ’s ‘Referendum 2020’ campaign and said, “Canada respects the sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of India, and the government of Canada will not recognise the referendum.” If the Canadian PM is not aware of the links between drug trafficking, the ISI of Pakistan, and pro-Khalistan elements, he is sure to pay a heavy political and economic price for it. According to journalist Federico Giuliani, “In December 2019, Punjab police busted an international gang of drug smugglers operating from Canada, Punjab and Sydney. The police had stated that the arrests in Greater Toronto Area came after a year-long investigation conducted by Canada’s York Regional Police in coordination with Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Peel regional police and the US Drug Enforcement Administration. The Canadian drug trafficking network, according to the police, extended to the US and India. The street value of the seized drugs was estimated to be more than $61million and it was termed as a largest international drug takedown in their history.”

 India needs to be watchful The Punjab police, anti-narcotics wings of the state, central government, and other security agencies will have to increase vigilance as the pro-Khalistan outfits and drug cartels will try to vitiate the atmosphere closer to the 2024 Lok Sabha election. New Delhi will also have to inform some of the Western world’s capitals, especially the US, UK, and Australia, and those who have been approached by Trudeau for support of his allegations about India, of the dangers of supporting and meekly submitting to the threats of terrorist outfits and drug trafficking cartels for political dividends.