Canada minister Harjit Sajjan has discovered himself in a soup amid experiences claiming that through the fall of Kabul in 2021, he, then within the capability of the defence minister, “ordered” the Canadian Armed Forces to rescue Afghan Sikhs first. The minister, now in control of emergency preparedness, mentioned he didn’t order it however relayed the knowledge to the forces supplied to him by a Canadian-Sikh NGO that was encouraging the Canadian authorities to rescue Afghan Sikhs.”I relayed no matter data the NGO supplied concerning the location and standing of those Sikhs to the chain of command for it to make use of because it noticed match, consistent with its operational plan on the bottom in Afghanistan,” Harjit Sajjan clarified amid a significant row over allegations of prioritizing Sikhs.
“I relayed no matter data that the NGO supplied concerning the location and standing of those Sikhs to the chain of command for it to make use of because it noticed match, consistent with its operational plan on the bottom in Afghanistan,” Sajjan mentioned.
The protocol was to first evacuate Canadian and Afghan Army interpreters however the authorities had to answer requests coming from a number of quarters together with the Afghan ladies’s soccer group and the Sikh communities. All requests had been taken very critically, the minister mentioned.
Canada’s Globe and Mail reported, citing sources, that Afghan Sikhs weren’t thought-about an operation precedence as that they had no hyperlink to Canada however Sajjan’s intervention impacted the rescue operation.
A number of the army sources felt the minister was out of line in urgent Canadian particular forces to rescue the Afghan Sikhs because the operation concerned intense planning.
‘Utter bulls***’
The minister mentioned the allegations had been utter BS as all efforts had been completed to get as many individuals out as doable. Sajjan mentioned he’s going through scrutiny solely as a result of he is a Sikh. “If I wasn’t carrying a turban,” he mentioned he wouldn’t have gotten these questions. World Sikh Group additionally rejected the allegations and mentioned they’re unfounded, influenced by bias towards his Sikh id. “Allegations that Minister Harjit Sajjan acted inappropriately are unfounded and seem like influenced by bias towards his Sikh id,” the group mentioned in a media assertion.
“I relayed no matter data that the NGO supplied concerning the location and standing of those Sikhs to the chain of command for it to make use of because it noticed match, consistent with its operational plan on the bottom in Afghanistan,” Sajjan mentioned.
The protocol was to first evacuate Canadian and Afghan Army interpreters however the authorities had to answer requests coming from a number of quarters together with the Afghan ladies’s soccer group and the Sikh communities. All requests had been taken very critically, the minister mentioned.
Canada’s Globe and Mail reported, citing sources, that Afghan Sikhs weren’t thought-about an operation precedence as that they had no hyperlink to Canada however Sajjan’s intervention impacted the rescue operation.
A number of the army sources felt the minister was out of line in urgent Canadian particular forces to rescue the Afghan Sikhs because the operation concerned intense planning.
‘Utter bulls***’
The minister mentioned the allegations had been utter BS as all efforts had been completed to get as many individuals out as doable. Sajjan mentioned he’s going through scrutiny solely as a result of he is a Sikh. “If I wasn’t carrying a turban,” he mentioned he wouldn’t have gotten these questions. World Sikh Group additionally rejected the allegations and mentioned they’re unfounded, influenced by bias towards his Sikh id. “Allegations that Minister Harjit Sajjan acted inappropriately are unfounded and seem like influenced by bias towards his Sikh id,” the group mentioned in a media assertion.
