Wednesday, May 26, 2010

India angry over visa row, warns Canada of retaliation

India and Canada

Given Canada refuse visas to Indian Army officers have on paper to the Interior Ministry of External Affairs Ministry asked to think the matter strongly with the Canadian High charge.

Home Ministry wants the Canadian High cut to apologize, pull the comments and take action against officials responsible for such performance.

Canada denied a visa to a associate of the Armed Forces Committee, which serves three brigadier generals, a retired replacement general and former IB chief's official on the basis that their organizations have been active in the aggression.

A servant cleverness Bureau officer, assign to travel to Toronto for the Prime Minister's trip there next month, was refuse a visa recently, but was later allowed to travel after complaint from India.

Refusal of visa, during the past two existence, the anger Interior Ministry has warn that India would also "take back" by denying visa to Canadian officials, who go to Afghanistan through the state.

Lt. Gen (retd) AS Bahia, a bedecked Indian military officer, now a associate of the military court in Chandigarh, was refuse a visa in May this year, claiming that he had served in a "responsive location" in Jammu and Kashmir.

Bahia, who retires as a Quarter Master General (QMG) 30 April 2006, told PTI over phone that he had brought the matter to the notice of relevant establishment.

In another revelation, two brigadier generals refused a visa in 2008 and one more in the 2009th A retired Lieutenant-General RN Bhatia was also refuse in 2008 on similar grounds.

SS Sidhu, a retired officer IB, was deprived of a visa on the 26th March this year, with the Canadian High order said that he belonged to the "illicit" category of people.

The negative response letter said he could give a visa as he had served in an association that IB, and led to fears that he could "participate in an action spying or subversion" or "violence that would or could bring life or safety of persons in Canada.

Sidhu called it a "nasty reply from a friendly country like Canada and an insult to India."
He said he would go to Canada just to see the new house to his offspring.

This revelation came four days after a case of denying visa to a former BSF constable came to light. He was denied a visa on comparable grounds.

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