Hinting at India’s stance towards terrorism after the Canadian parliament noticed silence within the reminiscence of the one-year anniversary of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. The Indian Consulate Common in Vancouver introduced a memorial service to pay tribute to the victims of the Air India Kanishka flight, the place 329 people misplaced their lives because the flight was bombed by the pro-Khalistan organisation in 1985.
The consulate invited the Indian Diaspora to hitch the ‘Kanishka Flight’ occasion on June 23 on the Air India Memorial at Stanley Park’s Ceperley Playground space. In a publish on ‘X’, the consulate posted, “India stands on the forefront of countering the menace of terrorism and works carefully with all nations to sort out this international menace.”
Informing in regards to the memorial service, the publish added, “June 23, 2024, marks the 39th anniversary of the cowardly terrorist bombing of Air India flight 182 (Kanishka), by which 329 harmless victims, together with 86 kids, misplaced their lives in probably the most heinous terror-related air disasters within the historical past of civil aviation.”
India stands on the forefront of countering the menace of terrorism and works carefully with all nations to sort out this international menace. (1/3)
— India in Vancouver (@cgivancouver) June 18, 2024
Sikh militants allegedly bombed Air India’s ‘Kanishka’ Flight 182, inflicting it to blow up 45 minutes earlier than its scheduled touchdown at London’s Heathrow Airport on June 23, 1985. This tragic occasion resulted within the deaths of all 329 folks on board, predominantly Canadians of Indian origin. The bombing was reportedly in retaliation for ‘Operation Bluestar,’ which aimed to take away militants from the Golden Temple in 1984.
A video launched by the information company IANS depicts members of the Canadian Parliament observing a second of silence within the Home of Commons. Speaker Greg Fergus started by asserting that after discussions amongst representatives of all events within the Home, they agreed to look at a second of silence in reminiscence of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
Canada’s Parliament marked the one-year anniversary of the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar by holding a second of silence within the Home of Commons on Tuesday
(Video Supply – Canadian Parliament Official Web site) pic.twitter.com/SGkovpiWXc
— IANS (@ians_india) June 19, 2024
This comes every week after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau allegedly mentioned the ‘Nijjar Killing’ incident on the backdrop of the G7 Summit in Italy.
Nijjar, who was declared a terrorist by India, was fatally shot outdoors a Gurdwara in British Columbia final yr. Following which, the Justin Trudeau-led Canadian authorities has accused Indian authorities brokers of potential involvement within the killing, a declare that New Delhi has vehemently dismissed as “absurd and motivated.”
(Primarily based on inputs from PTI)
