Vancouver: Liberal Ujjal Dosanjh has filed a complaint with Elections Canada after one of the men acquitted in the Air India bombings endorsed his Conservative rival.
Dosanjh said his campaign learned Friday about the April 6 meeting at B.C. Khalsa School in which teachers and parents were urged to support Conservative Wai Young.
Dosanjh, the incumbent in Vancouver South, said Young was at the meeting along with Ripudaman Singh Malik, one of the Khalsa School founders.
Malik and another man, Ajaib Singh Bagri, were found not guilty in 2005 in the 1985 Air India bombing in which 331 people were killed in two explosions.
In a statement late Friday, Wai said she was invited to Khalsa School by the school's principal and not by Malik.
“Had I known he would be present or was involved with the school, I never would have attended,” said Wai. “No one involved with the school or Mr. Malik is involved in my campaign nor have I ever asked for his support. I strongly stand against terrorism.”
The Khalsa School is an independent school that receives funding from the B.C. government and is run by a charitable organization.
In addition to filing a complaint to Elections Canada and B.C.'s education ministry, the Dosanjh campaign has sent a letter to the Canada Revenue Agency. Dosanjh says the meeting could be considered campaigning during an election, which could violate the school's charitable status.
22/04/11 Petti Fong/The Star.com
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