India summons Canadian official over allegations against Union Home Minister

The representative of the Canadian High Commission was summoned on Friday and a note protesting the accusations was handed to the official.

The government on Saturday rubbished a Canadian minister's allegations against the Union Home Minister as "absurd and baseless".

The representative of the Canadian High Commission was summoned on Friday and a note protesting the accusations was handed to the official.

Addressing a press conference today, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, "Regarding the latest Canadian target, we summoned the representative of the Canadian High Commission yesterday... It was conveyed in the note that the Government of India protests in the strongest terms to the absurd and baseless references made to the Union Home Minister of India before the Committee by Deputy Minister David Morrison."