Toronto, Nov. 2 -- Canadian ministers have condemned a recent protest outside the Indian consulate in Toronto where demonstrators displayed an image showing two men shooting at pictures of Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, sparking outrage with the lawmakers terming it a threat to democratic values and demanding accountability.

Canada's Secretary of State for International Development, Randeep S Sarai, in a post on X, stated that such an attack "undermines democracy" and that such acts have "no place" in the country.

"Targeting a public official with threats or violence undermines our democracy. At a recent protest, there was a deeply disturbing depiction of guns being pointed at a...