on October 14, the strained ties between India and Canada seemed to touch a new low. In September last year, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had made unsubstantiated allegations about India’s involvement in the killing of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Canadian soil. Six Indian diplomats, including the High Commissioner, have been recalled by India and six Canadian diplomats have been expelled. Trudeau’s courting and appeasement of extremist elements of the Sikh diaspora’s fringe lies at the heart of the ongoing fracas. New Delhi’s challenge, however, both with Canada and because of its growing role in world affairs, runs deeper.

Source: Indian Express October 16, 2024 10:32 UTC