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Toronto, March 19, 2018 :
Azad Kaushik, president of the (NAIC), hit out at Singh for painting events from 1984 in those terms.
“Canadians, Indo-Canadians in particular, do not accept Jagmeet Singh's politics of hate and bigotry that has done more harm than good,” he said in a statement.
“Hindus and Sikhs in Canada, like India, are bound with brotherhood and family ties that IndoCanadians cherish and take pride in. The NAIC supports harmony in the Indo-Canadian community and expects Canadian leaders like Jagmeet Singh to focus on matters that concern Canadians and not to hurt relations between Canada and India,” he added.
Jagmeet Singh, the leader of New Democratic Party (NDP), has sought to get Canada's parliament to recognise the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in India as a "genocide", leading to criticism from Indo-Canadians for propagating a divisive agenda. "I think it's the right thing to do. It would be a proper thing to take, not only nationally but I think it's something that is appropriate at the international level as well to make sure this is clarified, that it was not communal violence but was state-organised violence," Singh said in a statement to the Canadian press...
News story by Anirudh Bhattacharya
Hindustan Times, March 19, 2018
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