Smear campaigns will hit ties further, India tells Canada | India News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: Indian govt quickly rebutted a report in the Canadian media alleging that PM Narendra Modi might have been aware of the plot to kill Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, with ministry of external affairs saying in a statement that such smear campaigns would only further damage the strained relationship.The Globe and Mail report, attributed to an anonymous senior national security official who worked on the "intelligence assessment" of alleged Indian foreign-interference operations in Canada, also linked external affairs minister S Jaishankar to the plot."We do not normally comment on media reports. However, such ludicrous statements made to a newspaper purportedly by a Canadian govt source should be dismissed with the contempt they deserve. Smear campaigns like this only ...