Which petition related to Kanishka bomb blast caused a big uproar in Canada, Indian origin MPs got angry

Canada MP Chandra Arya angry over petition related to Kanishka bomb blast: Canadian MP Chandra Arya has sharply criticized a new petition by Liberal Party MP Sukh Dhaliwal. This petition is related to the Air India Kanishka bomb blast on 23 June 1985. 329 people were killed in this incident. This was the deadliest terrorist act in the history of aviation terror before the 9/11 attacks.

Dhaliwal’s petition is available on the Canadian Parliament portal. In this, the Canadian government has been demanded to investigate the matter afresh so that it can be found out whether any foreign intelligence agency was involved in this crime or not.

The petition states that Sikhs in Canada widely believe that a foreign intelligence agency was behind the bombings in order to discredit the political activism of Sikhs and undermine their advocacy campaign for human rights in India. .

Strongly criticizing the petition, Arya of Indian origin gave a statement in Parliament on Friday morning (Indian time). He called it an attempt by Khalistani extremists to create a new conspiracy theory.

Arya said in his statement, “39 years ago, Air India Flight 182 was bombed by Khalistan extremists in Canada. 329 people were killed in it and it was the biggest mass murder in the history of Canada. Even today, this “The ideology responsible for the terrorist attacks remains alive among some people in Canada.”

Arya said, “Two Canadian public inquiries found that Khalistani extremists were responsible for the bomb blast on the Air India plane. Now there is a petition on the Parliament portal demanding a new investigation while promoting the conspiracy theory of Khalistani extremists.” Has been done.”

The Canadian MP echoed Bal Gupta’s statement in his speech, “This is very disappointing. It reopens old wounds. It’s all nonsense. It’s an attempt to garner publicity and support for terrorist activities.” Gupta gave this statement to the Globe and Mail. His wife Rama was killed in this terrorist attack. MP Chandra Arya has been a vocal critic of the Justin Trudeau government for giving shelter to Khalistani elements in Canada.

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