Stating that is less likely that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will change his approach on the Khalistan issue, Robinder Sachdev, an expert in foreign affairs said that it seems that India-Canada relations will be taking back seat.
Senior journalist based in Toronto, Tahir Gora has called the allegations made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the Indian side “shocking”, and has called the current situation a very "tough phase" for ties between the two countries.
Congress has always believed that the country's fight against terrorism has to be uncompromising, said Congress General Secretary in charge of Communications Jairam Ramesh after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alleged that India could be linked to the fatal shooting of Khalistan Tiger
Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the chief of Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) — a Sikh extremist organisation banned by India — and a “designated terrorist” was killed in a targeted shooting in Canada's Surrey in June 2018.
Director of South Asia Institute at the Wilson Center, Michael Kugelman has said Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's open claims regarding Indian hand in the killing of Khalistani Hardeep Singh Nijjar, “suggests a view that he believed what he was talking about.”
US-based senior Defence Analyst Derek J. Grossman on Tuesday said Canada’s allegations regarding the Indian government’s involvement in the fatal shooting of Khalistan Tiger Force chief Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada “could be most significant test of strength of US-India partnership since e
India on Tuesday termed ‘absurd’, ‘motivated’, the allegations by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau regarding the Indian government’s involvement in the fatal shooting of Khalistan Tiger Force chief Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada.
Signalling a further souring of bilateral ties, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly on Monday said an Indian diplomat in the country had been expelled, Al Jazeera reported.
Months after Khalistan Tiger Force chief Hardeep Singh Nijjar was shot dead in Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday accused the Indian government of being behind this fatal shooting, CBC News reported.
Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the youth wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday removed the posters of the upcoming event of Canadian singer Shubh, stating that there is no place for 'Khalistan' supporters in Bharat.
This is the first time the NIA had proactively sought the properties of terrorists to be ‘forfeited to the State’ under section 26 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention)Act after being attached as proceeds of terrorism," the NIA said in a statement.
Even as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in India for the G20 Leaders' summit on Sunday, Khalistani secessionists held a so-called ‘Referendum’ in Surrey, British Columbia