New Delhi, Oct 14 (Agency) India has conveyed its opposition to the so called Khalistan referendum to Canada both in New Delhi and Ottawa, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said on Friday. “Our opposition to this so called referendum by anti India elements is well known. It has been conveyed to the Canadian government. We have publicly shared this information earlier,” said Bagchi addressing a media briefing here.” We have taken up with the Canadian High Commission here in Delhi, our concerns about the second phase of this so called referendum in Canada. We will continue to take up these issues both in New Delhi and Ottawa and elsewhere,” he added.
The so-called Khalistan referendum is being conducted by proscribed terrorist organization Sikh for Justice on November 6 at Ontario. India has voiced concerns against the Sikh for Justice outfit that has long been trying to polarise the student community on religious lines by allowing Sikh students to vote apart from promoting terror and violence. The High Commission in Ottawa has also served a demarche’ on the Executive Director of Global Affairs Canada in Ontario saying that the November 6 referendum in Paul Coffey Arena in Mississauga would be the second unlawful exercise after the proscribed SFJ had organized another such exercise on September 18 at Brampton, Ontario.