India, Aug. 21 -- Less than 48 hours after he was re-elected to the House of Commons, the leader of the Conservative Party has called for the Lawrence Bishnoi gang to be designated a terrorist entity by the Government of Prime Minister Mark Carney.

The call came from Pierre Poilievre during an event in Surrey, British Columbia, on Wednesday. The Conservative leader cruised to a victory in a by-election from the rural riding of Battle River-Crowfoot in Alberta and will return to the House when it resumes sitting in September.

In a statement issued by the party, he sought the listing of the gang "as a terrorist entity, giving police and prosecutors stronger tools to dismantle this violent, transnational extortion network threatening Canad...