New Delhi: Indian-origin Canadian Member of Parliament Chandra Arya recalled the Kanishka flight bombing and asserted that the ideology liable for the terrorist assault continues to be alive amongst a number of folks in Canada.
Talking within the Canadian Parliament, Chandra Arya emphasised that June 23rd is the Nationwide Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism. He mentioned, “Mr Speaker, June 23rd is the Nationwide Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism. 39 years again, on today, Air India Flight 182 was blown up mid-day by a bomb planted by Canadian Khalistani extremists.”
Arya added that 329 passengers and crew members have been killed which is the most important mass killing in Canadian historical past.
Whereas talking within the Canadian Parliament on Thursday, Arya mentioned that many Canadians are usually not conscious that the ideology liable for this terrorist assault continues to be alive amongst a number of folks in Canada.
“The current celebration of the assassination of Hindu Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by Khalistan supporters, glorifying violence and hate, exhibits that the darkish forces have been energized once more and level to dreadful instances forward. Hindu Canadians are rightfully involved. I stand in solidarity with the households of the victims of Air India bombing,” he mentioned, ANI Reported.
His remarks come forward of the 39th anniversary of the bombing of Air India Flight 182, scheduled for June 22, 2024.
In 1985 on June 23, the Air India 182 Kanishka flight, en route from Montreal, Canada to London, UK and Delhi, India, exploded mid-air over the Atlantic Ocean close to the coast of Eire. It was described as a “cowardly act of terror perpetrated by Khalistani terrorists primarily based in Canada,” in response to a press launch from the Indian Excessive Fee in Ottawa in 2023.
