Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday backed farmers’ protestsin India, saying that Canada is in talks with the BJP-led government on theissue.
According to *India Today*link,the premier was speaking to Sikh Canadians via a video link on the occasionof the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak.
For the past few weeks, more than 300,000 farmers from India’s Punjabprovince have been staging protests in Delhi against the government’s newcentral farm laws. Farmers opine that the legislation contains “contentiousprovisions” and are demanding the government revise it as it goes againsttheir interests.
“We are all very worried about family and friends [in India],” PM Trudeausaid, “Canada always stood for peaceful protests and would continue todefend the rights of peaceful protesters.”
The premier continued: “We believe in the process of dialogue. We’vereached out through multiple means to the Indian authorities to highlightour concerns. This is a moment for all of us to pull together.”
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According to the report, Canada has a huge population from the Sikhcommunity, and many of its members hold important ministers in the Canadiancabinet.
India did not like Trudeau’s comments very much as external affairsministry spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said, “We have seen someill-informed comments by Canadian leaders relating to farmers in India.Such comments are unwarranted, especially when pertaining to the internalaffairs of a democratic country. It is also best that diplomaticconversations are not misrepresented for political purposes,” he said.
