The Sunday Guardian

PM MODI SEEKS ACTION AGAINST KHALISTAN NETWORK IN THE WEST

PM wants ministers and senior officers to interact with their counterpar­ts in the US, UK, Canada and Australia to follow up on the action taken against Khalistani­s.

- T. BRAJESH

Days after voicing concern over growing anti-india activities by pro-khalistan extremists on foreign soil, during talks with various world leaders including the Prime Ministers of the UK and Australia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to see strong, convincing and credible action by the foreign government­s against these elements. He is keen to see that government­s in the UK, the United States, Canada and Australia have something “substantia­l, concrete and significan­t” to share with India in terms of action taken against the pro-khalistan extremists. PM Modi wants envoys and diplomats at the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and top officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and also ministers to keep interactin­g with their counterpar­ts in these countries as a follow-up exercise on the action taken against the Khalistani extremists, diplomatic sources told The Sunday Guardian. “After all, the heads of these countries have promised PM Modi to take strong steps against the elements who were found involved in anti-india activities abroad,” sources added. “Ministers, diplomats and security officials have been asked to mount pressure on these foreign government­s in this regard during different meetings in India and abroad,” sources aware of the meetings at South Block told The Sunday Guardian.

National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval will also, in talks with his counterpar­ts from the UK, the US, Canada, Australia and other countries, step up pressure for action against pro-khalistan elements, sources added. Only a fortnight ago,

NSA Doval discussed the heightened pro-khalistan activity in the UK with Tim Ballow, who was on his way to Kerala to attend a G20 Sherpa meeting. “By the time the world leaders assemble here for the G20 Summit in September this year, there must be a comprehens­ive update on the concrete action

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