India’s consulate in Toronto cancels consular camps due to lack of security assurance from Canadian agencies
Hindustan TimesToronto: India’s consulate in Toronto has announced that it will cancel “some” scheduled consular camps after not receiving assurances from Canadian security agencies on adequate protection at the venues. In a statement on X, the consulate said, “In view of the security agencies conveying their inability to provide minimum security protection to the community camp organisers, the consulate has decided to cancel some of the scheduled consular camps.” Violence orchestrated by pro-Khalistan radicals had been condemned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had described it as a “deliberate attack” on the Hindu temple in a post on X. However, it added, future such camps will be “contingent on security arrangements made for them by local authorities”. It noted, “On account of the prevailing situation in Canada, the Canadian authorities had been requested well in advance to provide strong security measures for these events, which constitute routine consular work.” There were as many as ten such consular camps scheduled for November and it is not known exactly how many have been cancelled.