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    A new national advocacy group is uniting Sikh voices from across the country to counter India鈥檚 interference in Canada as more details of an alleged state-sponsored campaign emerge.

    Canada鈥檚 top security and intelligence officials say a member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi鈥檚 inner circle may have ordered the collection of intelligence on Sikh separatists in Canada and authorized attacks on them by a transnational gang.

    On Tuesday, Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister David Morrison confirmed a report than Canada has alleged Indian Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah, who is widely seen as Modi鈥檚 second in command, orchestrated the violent campaign. Morrison did not identify Shah by name but admitted that he had provided the information to the Washington Post, which first reported the link.

    鈥淭he journalist called me and asked if it was that person and I confirmed it was that person,鈥 Morrison said in response to questions from Conservative public safety critic Raquel Dancho.

    Calls to action

    The ties to Modi鈥檚 inner circle are adding to momentum behind the formation of Sikh Federation Canada, a new political advocacy group.

    According to the Federation鈥檚 spokesperson, Moninder Singh, the new umbrella organization is 鈥渦nited and focused鈥 and brings together members of Sikh temples, student associations and other activist groups that advocate for sovereignty.

    鈥淲e will ensure that there鈥檚 more empowerment when it comes to combating misinformation and disinformation from countries like India,鈥 Singh said in an interview with CTV National News.

    鈥淲e will push back against foreign interference that unfortunately leads to transnational repression and, in our case here, assassination in our places of worship,鈥 he alleged.

    Singh says the Federation is issuing four calls to action:

    1. It wants the Canadian government to suspend security and intelligence agreements with India, out of concern that the Modi government is misusing the information to target dissenting voices
    2. A public inquiry into Hardeep Singh Nijjar鈥檚 assassination and other violent activity linked to the government of India
    3. A commitment to prosecute all 鈥渃onspirators and perpetrators of criminal activity鈥 linked to India
    4. Funds and resources for Sikh community organizations to counter Indian disinformation

    Singh says the new Federation will put pressure on 鈥渆lected officials in Canada to do the right thing and not bend the knee to India when times are tough and put the community in situations where they are unsafe on Canadian soil.鈥

    Rising diplomatic tensions as threats grow

    Tensions between Canada and India have increased since the June 2023 killing of Sikh-Canadian activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, B.C. Three months after Nijjar was gunned down outside a Gurdwara in Surrey, B.C, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stood in the House of Commons to announce that there were credible allegations of a potential link between agents of the government of India and Nijjar鈥檚 killing.

    More revelations of violence and increasing danger to Sikh Canadians have arisen since Nijjar鈥檚 murder.

    On Oct. 14, the RCMP said that Modi government officials were working through Lawrence Bishnoi, an alleged Indian gangster, to intimidate pro-Khalistani activists in Canada through extortion, arson and drive-by shootings.

    The Mounties said that they had 鈥渄uty to warn鈥 more than dozen members of the South Asian community that their lives were at 鈥渋mminent鈥 risk.

    That same day, Canada declared India鈥檚 High Commissioner persona non grata and expelled Sanjay Kumar Verma, who was based in Ottawa, and five other Indian diplomats.

    New Delhi responded with similar measures and expelled six Canadian diplomats.

    Since Nijjar鈥檚 death, National Security Advisor, Nathalie Drouin, says that top diplomats and security officials have tried to organize at least six meetings abroad to seek the cooperation of Indian officials. The last meeting occurred in Singapore ahead of the Thanksgiving long weekend, where Drouin and Morrison met with her Indian counterparts.

    Drouin said Canada presented evidence. But instead of agreeing to help hold the alleged perpetrators accountable, Drouin says India 鈥渟pread false narratives that Canada had showed them no evidence and that we were ignoring their concerns about Khalistani violent extremism.鈥 

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