‘Yeh jo kiraye ke tattu hain’: Hardeep Puri slams pro-Khalistan protesters   

Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Puri on Monday dismissed the recent pro-Khalistan protests in Canada ahead of the G7 Summit, calling the demonstrators hired stooges who should not be taken seriously.

“One more video is going viral in which these people are protesting against the neighbouring country after they did not get funding from them,” Puri said.

“Yeh jo kiraye ke tattu hain (These are hired stooges). Don’t take them seriously,” he said.

The minister made the remarks while inaugurating an exhibition on 11 years of PM Narendra Modi’s Government and 100 days of the Delhi Government at the Delhi BJP headquarters at 14, Pant Marg in Lutyens’ Delhi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to arrive in Canada to attend the G-7 summit from Cyprus on the second leg of his visit, at the invitation of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Addressing concerns around rising fuel prices amid the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict, Puri assured that India’s energy reserves remain robust.

“Today we have an energy situation where we have enough stocks, our own production is going up,” he said.

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