New Delhi: The ongoing diplomatic dispute between India and Canada over the murder of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar is getting deeper. India has taken very seriously the name of India's Home Minister Amit Shah taken by Canada's Deputy Foreign Minister David Morrison during a hearing of a parliamentary committee on this matter.

In this case, India expressed its strong anger by summoning the representative of the Indian High Commission in Canada to the Ministry of External Affairs a day earlier. The Ministry of External Affairs has also submitted a diplomatic note in this regard. India has once again reiterated that the current Trudeau government is working under a political agenda and the steps it is taking will have a deep negative impact on the relations between the two countries. Canada is unnecessarily engaged in tarnishing India's image.

India against the statements made on Amit Shah

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, 'We had summoned the representative of the Canadian High Commission yesterday. A diplomatic note was handed over to him on October 29. We have told that India strongly opposes the baseless and unfounded references made by Canadian Deputy Foreign Minister David Morrison about the Home Minister of India before a committee.

Canadian officials deliberately provide baseless information to the international media to defame India and influence other countries. Such irresponsible acts will have serious consequences on bilateral relations.

Indian High Commission officials in Canada are being spied upon

Jaiswal said, 'Officials of the Indian High Commission in Canada are being spied upon. This information has been given to the Indian officials by the Canadian government itself. Their phones are being tapped. In this regard, protest has been officially lodged with the Canadian government that this is a blatant violation of diplomatic agreements.

This is a method of intimidation and harassment by the Canadian government which it is trying to hide on technical grounds. Our diplomats are already working in a very extreme and violent environment. This step by the Canadian government has made the situation worse.

Putting India in the list of countries with cyber threats is a new tactic of the Trudeau government

In recent times, officials and agencies of the Canadian government have added fuel to the fire of the ever-worsening relations between Canada and India. Apart from the statement of the Deputy Foreign Minister, Canada's intelligence agency Communication Security Establishment (CSE) has put India in the list of enemy countries in a recent report.

He considers Canada a country with cyber threats

CSE has included India in the list of five countries which it considers to be countries with cyber threats. India's name has been added to this list for the first time. The names of China, Russia, Iran and North Korea are also included in this list.

CSE has accused India of using cyber technology to monitor Khalistani separatists living in Canada. Indian government-sponsored elements may carry out activities that pose a cyber threat to Canadian government networks.

Attempts to create global opinion against India

On this, Jaiswal said - 'This seems to be another strategy of Canada to attack India. Senior Canadian officials are openly admitting that they are trying to create global opinion against India, while allegations are being made against India without any proof.' He said that till now not even a single piece of evidence has been given to India by Canada. The Ministry of External Affairs said that like other cases, the new allegation against India in their cyber security report has also been made without any proof. This is baseless.

India also took offence to the decision to cancel Diwali celebrations

India has also taken offence to the Canadian government's decision to cancel Diwali celebrations. According to Jaiswal, 'It is very unfortunate that the current environment in Canada has reached this level of extremism and intolerance.' He also expressed concern about the safety of Indian students and working professionals living in Canada.