The Canadian PM has called on India to take his country’s allegations seriously. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The non-binding vote, organised by a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit group called Sikhs For Justice, is being held in multiple cities around the world.
“He did say that, ‘I’m not sure if I’ll be alive by that time this voting happens, but I want the community to make sure that they vote,’” Mr Pannun said. More than 135,000 Sikhs voted, he said. The Indian foreign ministry said it rejected “any attempts to connect the government of India” to Mr Nijjar’s killing.
“It’s a stunning and appalling set of allegations,” Prof Paris said. “If it’s true that India was behind this killing, then it represents the most offensive and appalling form of political interference in a democracy that would parallel the behaviour of some of the worst authoritarian leaders in the world.”
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