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PM says India may realize now that 'they can't bluster their way through this'

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he believes India's relations with Canada may have undergone "a tonal shift" in the days since the unsealing of a U.S. indictment alleging a conspiracy to murder a Sikh activist on American soil.

The prime minister made the remarks in an end-of-year interview with the CBC's Rosemary Barton.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government reacted with scorn and flat denials when Trudeau stated publicly in the House of Commons on September 18 that there was credible intelligence linking India to the June 18 shooting death of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar outside a temple in Surrey, B.C.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But why did India want this person dead?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This person was advocating for a separate sikh state/country back in India called Khalistan. Not sure about whether he wanted Sikhs to secede or just asked for a separate state. I am guessing it's the former, hence the assassination.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The important thing to keep in mind is that if there were credible intelligence that they were involved in a specific plot then India would just reach out to CSIS and we'd probably arrange for extradition.

This was an extralegal assassination because India just wanted to murder them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Yeah the India government right now is quite brazen as they have gained a lot of support from the voting population. The Overton window has shifted in the world.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I love the term extralegal.

Makes it sound super legal.