Indian Media Labels Trudeau a Lair Over Claims He Held Talks With Prime Minister Modi

Claims by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that “safety of Canadians” was discussed when he came face-to-face with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Laos have been rejected by India’s Government.

Trudeau declared during a press conference on Friday that he had addressed tensions between the two nations that had arisen after he accused India of murdering Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Canadian soil.

An Indian Government spokesperson responded by stating to India Today that there was no substantive discussion between Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister Trudeau in Laos, and that the two leaders only exchanged greetings when they met in person at the summit.

The government spokesperson stated that India continues to anticipate that anti-India Khalistani activities will not be permitted to occur on Canadian soil and that Mr. Trudeau will take firm action against those advocating violence, extremism, and terrorism against India from Canada, which has been lacking thus far.

The brief exchange between Prime Minister Modi and Justin Trudeau occurred nearly a year after Trudeau accused India of murdering Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Nijjar in Surrey, British Columbia in June 2023.

Trudeau’s accusations despite no evidence have incited outrage in India, resulting in an all-time nadir in bilateral relations.

Hardeep Singh Nijjar Interpol Warrant

In 2020, India officially designated Hardeep Singh Nijjar as a terrorist and accused Justin Trudeau of harboring a wanted terrorist for political gain within Canada’s 700,000-strong Sikh community.

1987 marked the signing of an Extradition Treaty between Canada and India.

Numerous Indians are of the opinion that Mr. Trudeau is politically dependent on the Sikh community, which is both substantial and influential in his country. This belief is well-founded as despite that the 770,000 Sikhs in Canada constitute only 2.1% of the population, their geographic concentration and close-knit community connections grant them disproportionate political influence.

The socialist New Democratic Party, which is led by Jagmeet Singh, a Sikh politician who is widely perceived in India as sympathetic to Sikh radicalism, is the foundation of Justin Trudeau’s minority administration. Singh has been prohibited from entering India since 2013.

Critics contend that Justin Trudeau has for political purposes dismissed security concerns from India regarding radical Sikhs in Canada.

Omer Aziz, a former foreign-policy adviser to Mr. Trudeau, wrote in an op-ed published in the Globe and Mail in Toronto that “Canada should have at least begun to take steps to ensure Canada was not used for terrorist financing.” The sole issue was that Mr. Trudeau was adamant about not losing the Sikh vote to Jagmeet Singh.

In the opinion of Indians, Canada should have extradited Nijjar to India, where he was classified as a terrorist and implicated in a series of severe crimes, including a theater bombing and murder.

India accuses Trudeau of fostering an environment in which Sikh extremists publicly advocate for the murder of Indian diplomats, commemorate the 1984 assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards, and urge Canadian Hindus to emigrate.

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