By Kanishka Singh and Sarita Chaganti Singh WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The Canadian government alleged on Tuesday that Indian Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah, a close ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,

Morrison told the committee that he had confirmed Amit Shah's name to The Washington Post, which first reported the allegations a day before India recalled its six diplomats from Canada.

India's interior minister Amit Shah, accused by Canada of being behind plots to target Sikh separatists in that country, has been Prime Minister Narendra Modi's closest aide for decades and is widely seen as his hard-nosed alter ego and potential successor.

Canadian PM Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s national security and intelligence adviser Nathalie Drouin and the country's Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister David Morrison, leaked information allegedly implicating Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah in directing these actions from New Delhi.

Govt sources say Shah ‘won’t give credence to claim just because Canada PM willing to stoop to any level to appease vote bank’. Canada has also asked India to restrain Lawrence Bishnoi.

OTTAWA: Indian Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah, a close associate of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is behind hatching plots against Sikh leaders on Canadian soil, says the government of Canada

Testifying before the Commons public safety committee, two top officials said the tipoff to The Washington Post was part of Canada’s communications strategy in standoff with India

Amid strained diplomatic ties between New Delhi and Ottawa, Canadian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs David Morrison on Tuesday alleged that Union Home Minister Amit Shah authorised a “campaign to intimidate or kill” Sikh separatists in Canada, CBC News reported.

OTTAWA: Indian Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah, a close associate of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is behind hatching plots against Sikh separatists on Canadian soil, says the government

Canada's Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, David Morrison, told members of the national security committee in Parliament that he had confirmed Shah’s name to The Washington Post, which first reported the allegations.