A demarche often denotes a note of protest or petition presented through diplomatic channels between governments
The Indian government has served the Canada High Commission a demarche to be conveyed to the Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, expressing its discontent and urging the Canadian government to stop the Khalistan referendum scheduled to be organised in Ontario on November 6, according to a report in the Hindustan Times.
A demarche is a formal diplomatic representation of the official position, views or wishes on a subject from one government to another government or intergovernmental organization. It often denotes a note of protest or petition presented through diplomatic channels between governments.
The demarche follows the videos that emerged of a Hindu Temple being defaced in Canada. The gates of BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir in Toronto, one of the largest temples in Canada, were spray-painted with the words “Khalistan zindabad” (long live Khalistan) and “Hindustan murdabad” (death to India).
The Indian government had emphasized that the Khalistan referendum followed by the attack on the Hindu Temple in Canada defied territorial integrity and sovereignty of India.
The report also said that demarche served by a senior Ministry of External Affairs official to the Canadian High Commission will be conveyed by the Indian Embassy in Ottawa to Global Affairs, Canada.
It may be mentioned that the Trudeau government in Canada has done nothing to stop the anti-India forces in that country. The inaction towards the Anti-India activity in their own nation has given rise to a dichotomy when Trudeau took to Twitter to be vocal about his protest against the alleged referendum organized by Russia in occupied eastern parts of Ukraine.
The incongruity further deepened when the Canadian government said that every Canadian resident had the liberty and the right to assemble and express their views as long as they did so peacefully and without breaking the law. It also added that the Canadian authorities did not recognise the Khalistan referendum.
Indian security agencies have informed their Canadian counterpart of the dangers of allowing Sikh
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