India rejects Canadian media report on Nijjar killing, calls it ‘ludicrous’ and ‘smear campaign’ | India News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday strongly rejected Canadian media reports alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was aware of a plot to kill pro-Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada, calling the claims "ludicrous" and urging their dismissal with the "contempt they deserve."The Ministry of External Affairs dismissed the allegations, highlighting that such "smear campaigns" only serve to "further damage our already strained ties.""We do not normally comment on media reports. However, such ludicrous statements made to a newspaper purportedly by a Canadian government source should be dismissed with the contempt they deserve. Smear campaigns like this only further damage our already strained ties," the MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in a statement.This statement follows a...