Jagmeet Singh, the leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party (NDP) Jagmeet Singh has condemned all those involved in the 1985 Kanishka air crash, where an Air India AI-182 carrying 329 people, was blown up by pro-Khalistan terrorists. His statement comes as a surprise, as he is known to have attended pro-Khalistan events that honour Talwinder Singh Parmar, the mastermind of the terror attack.
“There was an inquiry conducted and while that inquiry did not provide that justice of a conviction, the inquiry did identify Talwinder Singh Parmar,” he said. “And I accept the findings of the inquiry and I condemn all those responsible.”
Last year, Singh had in an interview claimed that he did not know who was responsible for the bombing.
Singh, who was born in Ontario and the son of immigrants from Punjab has a troubled relationship with India. He was denied an Indian visa in 2013, and in July 2017 had even alleged that Indian government was trying to ‘undermine his campaign’ to become the leader of the NDP. He claimed figures with links to the Indian High Commission in Ottawa were trying to use their ‘influence’ to prevent members of the community from ‘contributing to his campaign’.
Earlier, in 2015, he had issued a statement saying: Human rights organizations have appealed to the Canadian government to address the escalating attacks on minority communities in India, specifically regarding forced conversions supposedly carried out by people of other faiths in certain parts of the country against Muslims, Christians and other minority religions. Concerns regarding Sikh Canadians, including prominent community leaders, media personalities and politicians being denied Indian visas have also been raised and believed to be due to criticisms of India’s human rights record.”
The 38-year-old lawyer, whose penchant for colorful turbans and tailor-made three-piece suits made him a social media star, was elected on the first ballot to lead the New Democratic Party into the 2019 federal election against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals.
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