Indian Consulate in Canada cancelled the scheduled consular camps after the security agencies conveyed their “inability to provide minimum security protection”.
The Indian Consulate in Canada has cancelled the scheduled consular camps to issue life certificates after the security agencies conveyed their “inability to provide minimum security protection” to the organisers of the camp, the Consulate General of India, Toronto said on Thursday.
“In view of the security agencies conveying their inability to provide minimum security protection to the community camp organizers, Consulate has decided to cancel some of the scheduled consular camps,” the Consulate General of India posted on X.
The announcement comes merely days after pro-Khalistan supporters attacked members from the Hindu community when the Indian consulate had co-organised a consular camp outside the Hindi Sabha Temple in Brampton, near Toronto.
India registered its protest from the highest echelons with Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing anguish over the incident.
Previously, attempts were made to disrupt similar camps held in Vancouver and Surrey on November 2 and 3.
Speaking at the House of Commons in the Canadian Parliament on Wednesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated that the communities who instigated the violence were neither the Sikh community nor the Hindu community in Canada, failing to underscore the involvement of Khalistani separatists in the attacks.
“The violence we have seen in South Asian communities across the country over the past few nights, let me be very clear. The individuals who are inciting violence and division and hatred in no way represent either the Sikh community or the Hindu community in Canada,” news agency ANI quoted Justin Trudeau as saying.
“At the time of Diwali and Bandi Chhor Diwas, we are seeing communities come together to celebrate their diversity and strength; we will continue to stand for the unity of Canadians,” he added.