Senior BJP leader and former party General Secretary Ram Madhav Tuesday asked Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's ‘locus standi’ in expressing concerns over the farmers' protests in India and accused him of interfering in India's sovereign matters.
Canada has a huge Sikh population and had in the past a Sikh politician holding the key post of Defence Minister.
In a statement, the Canadian Prime Minister has expressed concern over the farmers' agitation on the outskirts of the Delhi borders, mostly spearheaded by Sikh farm leaders.
Trudeau is the first world leader to speak out on the farmers’ protests in India. He had also said he had reached out to Indian authorities over the issue.
"What is his locus standi? Isn’t it tantamount to interference in India’s sovereign matters?", Madhav tweeted while sharing a news article on Trudeau's comments over the protests, which have intensified over the past few days.
Madhav had earlier on Monday shared an article about the farmers' protests, headlined, 'Is Khalistan the reason for farmers’ march to Delhi?'
Farmers, mostly from Punjab and Haryana, are holding protests at the Singhu, Tikri, and Ghazipur borders of the national capital against the new farm laws passed by the Modi government and demanding legal guarantee for the continuation of the Minimum Support Price for their farm produce.
A day before BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya had linked farmers agitation with 'Khalistani & 'Maoist'. He had also lashed out at the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for, on the one hand, implementing new farm laws in his state while at the same time backing agitating farmers demanding their annulment.