India on Thursday (Might 7, 2026) referred to as upon Canada to behave in opposition to “anti-India extremist components” working from Canadian soil in opposition to the backdrop of a Canadian intelligence report highlighting the nationwide safety menace posed by Khalistani components.

The annual report for 2025 by the Canadian Safety Intelligence Service (CSIS), launched final week, stated the involvement of Canada-based Khalistani extremists in “violent extremist actions” continued to pose a nationwide safety menace to Canada.

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“India has repeatedly urged the Canadian authorities to take efficient motion in opposition to anti-India extremist components working from its soil. This consists of addressing the difficulty of glorification of violence, threats in opposition to Indian leaders and diplomats, vandalism of locations of worship, and makes an attempt to advertise secessionism by so-called ‘referendums’,” Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated at his weekly media briefing.

Mr. Jaiswal was responding to a query on the report by CSIS.

He stated India had persistently spoken out about issues relating to using Canadian territory as a “secure haven” by extremist and separatist components.

“The CSIS evaluation acknowledges the presence of supporters of the Khalistan separatist motion in Canada and notes that Canada-based Khalistani extremist (CBKE) teams proceed to pose a nationwide safety menace not solely to India but in addition to Canada,” he stated.

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Mr. Jaiswal stated the report additionally highlighted that such components “misuse democratic freedoms and establishments to advertise extremism and lift funds which might be diverted in the direction of violent actions”.

To a separate query on the CSIS report mentioning India, alongside China, Russia, Iran and Pakistan, among the many “major perpetrators of international interference and espionage in opposition to Canada”, Mr. Jaiswal stated New Delhi had persistently and categorically rejected such “baseless imputations”.

“India’s place on this difficulty has been clear and constant. We categorically reject such baseless imputations,” he stated.

“India is a democracy that adheres to worldwide norms and respects the sovereignty of different nations. It’s not our coverage to intrude in problems with different international locations.”

“We imagine that any issues of this nature ought to be addressed by established mechanisms, relatively than by public or politicised narratives,” Mr. Jaiswal stated.