India-Canada Tension News: Canada has been told by India that it must repatriate roughly 40 diplomats by October 10, a report claimed.
The Indian government has told Canada to withdraw dozens of diplomats from the country, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. Ottawa has been told by New Delhi that it must repatriate roughly 40 diplomats by October 10, the report said, citing people familiar with the demand.
Canada has 62 diplomats in India and India had said the total should be reduced by 41, the newspaper said.
The diplomatic relationship between New Delhi and Ottawa saw its lowest point after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently alleged that the Indian government could be behind the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Nijjar, a designated terrorist in India, was shot dead outside at a parking lot outside a Gurdwara in Canada’s Surrey, British Columbia, on June 18.
Trudeau, during a debate in the Canadian Parliament, alleged Canada’s national security officials had reasons to believe that “agents of the Indian government” carried out the killing of Nijjar, who also served as the president of Surrey’s Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara.
