The Indian government reportedly instructed Canada on Tuesday to withdraw 41 members of its diplomatic corps from Indian soil.
The Indian government reportedly instructed Canada on Tuesday to withdraw 41 members of its diplomatic corps from Indian soil, a sign that relations between the two countries continue to deteriorate after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused India of murdering Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar.sources who said New Delhi threatened to revoke diplomatic immunity for any of the 41 diplomats who remain in India after October 10.
One of those Sikhs was Hardeep Singh Nijjar, 45, who presided over a temple in Surrey, British Columbia, after emigrating to Canada. Nijjar was a leader in the Khalistani Movement, an organization seeking to establish an independent Sikh nation on land currently held by India. “There is a sense in Canada that bad things happen elsewhere, but this murder has really punched into the public consciousness. It is not something Canada or Canadians are going to brush aside or forget,” observed University of Ottawa foreign policy expert Roland Paris.
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