Current Events > India expels Canadian diplomat after Trudeau accuses India in Sikh's killing

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https://apnews.com/article/canada-india-sikh-diplomat-trudeau-modi-3c5572d9027769ea6adbd047ec6f462a

India expelled one of Canadas top diplomats Tuesday, ramping up a confrontation between the two countries over Canadian accusations that India may have been involved in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in suburban Vancouver. India, which has dismissed the accusations as absurd, said the expulsion came amid growing concern at the interference of Canadian diplomats in our internal matters and their involvement in anti-India activities, according to a statement from its Ministry of External Affairs. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appeared to try to calm the diplomatic clash Tuesday, telling reporters that Canada is not looking to provoke or escalate. We are simply laying out the facts as we understand them and we want to work with the government of India to lay everything clear and to ensure there are proper processes, he said. India and the government of India needs to take this matter with the utmost seriousness.

On Monday, Trudeau said there were credible allegations of Indian involvement in the slaying of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a 45-year-old Sikh leader who was killed by masked gunmen in June in Surrey, outside Vancouver. For years, India has said Nijjar, a Canadian citizen born in India, has links to terrorism, an allegation Nijjar denied. A U.S. official said Trudeau was in contact with the Biden administration about Canadas findings before raising them publicly. The official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity, said Trudeaus willingness to speak out about the matter was taken by the White House as an indication of the Canadian leaders certainty about what had been found. Canada has yet to provide any evidence of Indian involvement, but if true it would mark a major shift for India, whose security and intelligence branches have long been significant players in South Asia, and are suspected in a number of killings in Pakistan. But arranging a killing in Canada, home to nearly 2 million people of Indian descent, would be unprecedented.

Expected.

That really doesnt seem like a good idea on Indias part

Alteres posted...

That really doesnt seem like a good idea on Indias part

Eh, far more consequential bilateral relations have been severed over far less than this. Canada accused India of one of the biggest diplomatic no-nos imaginable. Guilty or not, expelling the accusers diplomats is pretty bog standard over that kind of perceived slight.

They did that diplomat a favor as far as I'm concerned.

Doom_Art posted...

They did that diplomat a favor as far as I'm concerned.

lol yeah my first thought was they're probably much safer now