{"id":74905,"date":"2026-02-01T00:57:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T00:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/2026\/02\/01\/went-to-punjab-to-pledge-canada-row-over-tim-uppals-deportation-remarks-as-extortion-fears-grow\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T00:57:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T00:57:06","slug":"went-to-punjab-to-pledge-canada-row-over-tim-uppals-deportation-remarks-as-extortion-fears-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/2026\/02\/01\/went-to-punjab-to-pledge-canada-row-over-tim-uppals-deportation-remarks-as-extortion-fears-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Went to Punjab to pledge Canada&#8230;\u2019: Row over Tim Uppal\u2019s deportation remarks as extortion fears grow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\">\n<div class=\"_s30J clearfix\">\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-127830549,imgsize-762342,width-400,resizemode-4\/127830549.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Went to Punjab to pledge Canada...\u2019: Row over Tim Uppal\u2019s deportation remarks as extortion fears grow\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A political row erupted around Canadian Conservative deputy leader Tim Uppal after his comments on deportation and extortion invited criticism online.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"1\"\/>This comes amid growing fears that organised extortion continues to rise across Canada.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Uppal posted on X that he and fellow Conservatives had questioned the Immigration Minister over the Liberal government\u2019s &#8220;failure&#8221; to issue deportation orders to international students. \u201cMany of these students came to Canada in good faith, received their proper Canadian visas, and are victims of immigration fraud,\u201d Uppal wrote.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Canadian journalist Mocha Bezirgan responded to Uppal, saying the leader lacked political consistency. <!-- -->\u201cWho went to Punjab in 2011 to pledge that Canada would become a top destination for Indian students? Tim Uppal,\u201d Bezirgan posted. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>He added that Uppal had previously opposed deportations related to fraudulent documentation and questioned his role in maintaining rules that allowed such students to participate in Conservative Party nomination races.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component\" data-pos=\"14\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>Who went to Punjab in 2011 to pledge that Canada would become a top destination for Indian students? <\/p>\n<p>Tim Uppal.<\/p>\n<p>Who fought tooth and nail against Liberals deporting some of those students over fraudulent documentation? <\/p>\n<p>Tim Uppal.<\/p>\n<p>Who voted to maintain the status quo\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TItfirg91q\">https:\/\/t.co\/TItfirg91q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mocha Bezirgan \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 (@BezirganMocha) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BezirganMocha\/status\/2017696539368689804?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\">January 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tr?id=593671331875494&amp;ev=PageView&amp;noscript=1\"\/><\/noscript><noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/ns.html?id=GTM-P3PMSJN\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" style=\"display:none;visibility:hidden\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/rest-of-world\/went-to-punjab-to-pledge-canada-row-over-tim-uppals-deportation-remarks-as-extortion-fears-grow\/articleshow\/127830549.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A political row erupted around Canadian Conservative deputy leader Tim Uppal after his comments on deportation and extortion invited criticism online.This comes amid growing fears that organised extortion continues to&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":74906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-braking-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/127830549.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}