Canadian leader slammed for ‘genocide’ tag to 1984 riots

TORONTO: Jagmeet Singh, the leader of New Democratic Party (NDP), has sought to get Canada’s parliament to recognise the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in India as a “genocide”, leading to criticism from Indo-Canadians for propagating a divisive agenda. “I think it’s the right thing to do. It would be a proper thing to take, not only nationally but I think it’s something that is appropriate at the international level as well to make sure this is clarified, that it was not communal violence but was state-organised violence,” Singh said in a statement to the Canadian press.