Ottawa, June 21 :
On Thursday, Canadian lawmaker Chandra Arya brought up the 329 victims of the Kanishka plane bombing and said that some Canadians still hold the mentality that inspired the terrorist assault.
Chandra Arya, addressing the matter in the Canadian Parliament, raised concerns among Hindu Canadians about recent events and said that "dark forces have been energised again" because "Khalistani supporters" are celebrating the assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by glorifying violence and hatred.
"You are speaking on the occasion of the National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism, which is June 23rd," he remarked. This day, 39 years ago, Canadian Khalistani militants detonated a bomb that brought down Air India Flight 182 during the midday. It is the deadliest mass murder in Canadian history, killing all 329 passengers and crew members.
Sadly, there are still a small number of Canadians who adhere to the mindset that inspired this terrorist attack. Supporters of Khalistan have recently celebrated the murder of Hindu Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, which glorifies violence and hatred and indicates that evil forces have been revived and foreshadows terrible times ahead. Hindus in Canada have good reason to be worried. The families of those killed in the Air India bombing have my unwavering support, he continued.
The bombing of Flight 182 of Air India will be commemorated for the 39th anniversary on June 22, 2024, at the same time that he makes these statements. An unfortunate incident occurred on June 23, 1985, when Flight 182 of Air India crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near the Irish coast. The cause of the explosion was a "cowardly act of terror, carried out by Canada-based Khalistani terrorists," according to a press release from the Indian High Commission in Ottawa in 2023. The plane was travelling on the Montreal, Canada–London, UK–Delhi, India route.
The Air India 182 Kanishka crashed on June 23, 1985, while en route from Montreal, Canada, to London, UK, and Delhi, India. The cause of the explosion was a "cowardly act of terror, carried out by Canada based Khalistani terrorists," according to a press release from the Indian High Commission in Ottawa in 2023.
On Wednesday, June 23 from 12-1 pm in South Lawns, Queen's Park, the Consulate General of India in Toronto announced plans to hold a memorial service for the victims of the Air India 'Kanishka' aircraft bombing in Toronto. The announcement was made local time.
As it brought attention to the Kanishka bombing and described it as "one of the most heinous acts of terror in civil aviation," the Indian Consulate General in Toronto stated that India has consistently been a leader in the battle against terrorism and has resisted the rationalisation and glorification of terrorism.
"India has always been at the forefront of the fight against terrorism and has opposed the justification and glorification of terrorism," said the Consulate General of India in Toronto in a statement that was published on X. One of the most horrific acts of terror in public aviation, the bombing of Air India flight 182 (Kanishka) on 23 June 2024 killed 329 innocent people, including 86 children.
India is hosting the mourning service in the midst of tense relations with Canada over the Khalistani militants. The execution of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in September 2017 was allegedly orchestrated by Indian agents, according to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's allegations. As a result, relations between the two countries have been strained.
Accusations have been rejected by India, which has described them as "absurd and motivated." Last June, near a Gurdwara in Surrey, gunshots murdered Nijjar, who had been branded a terrorist by India's National Investigation Agency in 2020.
