INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Ottawa and New Delhi both expelling senior diplomats, sending relations between the two countries plunging.The tit-for-tat diplomatic
actively pursuing credible allegations of a potential link between agents of the government of India and the killing of a Canadian citizen
told reporters in Ottawa, adding Trudeau has raised this issue with both US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi
down in his truck in June by two masked gunmen outside a Sikh temple in Surrey, British Columbia.His death both shocked and outraged the
Sikh community in Canada, one of the largest outside of India and home to more than 770,000 members of the religious minority.Nijjar was an
outspoken supporter of the creation of a separate Sikh homeland known as Khalistan, according to a statement from the World Sikh
But in an August update, police released a statement saying they were investigating three suspects and issued a description of a possible
concerning to some Australian communities
The Indian diaspora are valued and important contributors to our vibrant and resilient multicultural society, where all Australians can
New Delhi earlier this month, he did not hold a one-on-one meeting with Trudeau, instead meeting on the sidelines of the summit, where the
statement from the Indian government.Relations between the two leaders have been frosty for several years.When Trudeau visited India in
a Sikh event in Toronto where separatist flags and posters depicting an extremist Sikh leader killed in a 1984 Indian Army operation were
Punjab, which was once home to a large and powerful Sikh empire.The origins of the modern Khalistan movement trace back to around the time
began a greater struggle for political and cultural autonomy, scholars have said, and the Khalistan movement gained prominence.Over the
years, violent clashes have erupted between followers of the movement and the Indian government, claiming many lives.It came to a head in
That operation caused huge anger within the Sikh community and Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards in the aftermath.Deadly
Canada, when Sikh separatists bombed an Air India plane that had taken off from Toronto airport, killing all 329 people aboard, including
numerous Canadians of Indian descent.While Khalistan supporters within India remain on the margins, the movement continues to evoke a level
of sympathy from some Sikhs within the global diaspora, particularly in Canada, Britain and Australia.A small but influential number of
those Sikhs support the idea of Khalistan, with referendums periodically held to reach a consensus to establish a separate homeland.Source:
