New Delhi: “The High Commissioner of Canada in India doesn’t need protection, but the High Commissioner of India in Canada needs protection,” India’s new High Commissioner to Canada Dinesh Patnaik told news channel CTV Sunday.

Patnaik was referring to the heightened security surrounding his posting in Ottawa, a situation he said reflects the climate of hostility fueled by Sikh separatist groups in Canada.

“I find it strange that a high commissioner here has to be under protection. I should not be under protection in a country like this,” the envoy said on CTV’s Question Period , adding that “there is a group of people who are actually terrorising, keeping the [India-Canada] relationship hostage”. Show Full Article

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