Promotion of Khalistani ‘conspiracy theories’: Canada MP blasts plea on Air India Kanishka bombing – Times of India

Indian-origin Canadian MP Chandra Arya slammed the recent demands for a fresh enquiry into the 1985 bombing of Air India flight calling it a move to promote “conspiracy theories by Khalistan extremists”.
In the clip which he shared on X, Arya told parliament, “39 years back Air India Flight 182 was blown-up mid-air from a bomb planted by Canadian Khalistan extremists.It killed 329 people and is the largest mass killing in Canadian history.”
“Even today, the ideology responsible for this terrorist attack is still alive among few people in Canada. Two Canadian public inquiries found Khalistan extremists responsible for the bombing of Air India flight,” he said.
“Now there is a petition on parliament portal asking for a new enquiry promoting conspiracy theories promoted by Khalistan extremists,” he added.

Arya also quoted recent statement by Bal Gupta, whose wife Rama was killed in the attack. “It’s deeply frustrating. It opens up old wounds all over again. It’s all garbage. It’s an attempt to gain publicity and support for terrorist activities,” he quoted Gupta.
Earlier, Arya had also expressed his disagreement with the decision by the House of Commons to hold a moment of silence in memory of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh separatist and India-designated terrorist, on the anniversary of his killing.
In July, Arya had also said that Canada was being “polluted” by Khalistani extremists who were “abusing” the freedoms guaranteed under the Charter of Rights, days after BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir was vandalised in Edmonton.
Chandra Arya, a Member of Parliament from Nepean in the House of Commons, wrote in a post on his X account that separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun of Sikhs for Justice released a video demanding that Arya and his Hindu-Canadian friends go back to India after he (Arya) condemned the vandalism of the Hindu temple and other acts of hate and violence by Khalistan supporters in Canada.
“We Hindus have come to our wonderful country Canada from all parts of the world. From every country in South Asia, many countries in Africa and Caribbean, and many other parts of the world, we have come here and Canada is our land,” Arya, a member of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party, wrote.
“We have made and continue to make immense positive and productive contributions to the socio-economic development of Canada. With our long history of Hindu culture and heritage, we have enriched the multicultural fabric of Canada,” he said.
“Our land is being polluted by Khalistani extremists abusing our freedoms guaranteed by our Canadian Charter of Rights,” Arya added.