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Hardeep Singh Nijjar: Canada accuses India of role in Sikh leader's murder
BBC News ^ | 9/18/2023 | Geeta Pandey and Zoya Mateen

Posted on 09/19/2023 9:42:04 AM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007

Canada has accused India of involvement in the killing of a Canadian Sikh leader, an allegation strongly denied by Delhi.

On Monday PM Justin Trudeau said Canada was looking at "credible allegations potentially linking" the Indian state to Hardeep Singh Nijjar's murder.

Mr Nijjar was was shot dead outside a Sikh temple on 18 June in Canada.

India has expelled a Canadian diplomat after Canada expelled Indian diplomat Pavan Kumar Rai over the case.

Mr Nijjar, 45, was shot dead in his vehicle by two masked gunmen in the busy car park of the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey, a city about 30km (18 miles) east of Vancouver.

A prominent Sikh separatist leader in the western-most province of British Columbia, he publicly campaigned for Khalistan - the creation of an independent Sikh homeland in the Punjab region of India...

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Canada; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: canada; india; sikh; trudeau
It's not everyday when a Western nation accuses one of the West's largest partners in Asia of committing a terrorist act.

Is Canada actually onto something? Or did Trudeau just open his mouth and insert his foot?

1 posted on 09/19/2023 9:42:04 AM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007
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To: Ultra Sonic 007
Why would Trudeau wade into this?

He was ordered by Xi Jinping?

2 posted on 09/19/2023 9:48:18 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

I’m sure there are many cases where a leader knows another nation did something, but there is no interest in making it public.


3 posted on 09/19/2023 9:49:08 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

why now?

Trudeau was dying in the polls; overnight, he gets to look like a leader and control the narrative

China also benefits, as they (and the allegations that they ineterfered in our elections) are gone from the news ... PLUS, India’s plan for an alliance to counter China’s influence is now botched

one thing for sure - Trudeau just nuked any chance of a trade deal with India

and probably increased the chance of more violent Khalistan separatist actions ...


4 posted on 09/19/2023 9:53:31 AM PDT by canuck_conservative (there would be no more need for NATO, if Russia could just stop attacking its neighbors)
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To: windcliff

Ping


5 posted on 09/19/2023 9:53:40 AM PDT by stylecouncilor (The war is inevitable -- and let it come! - Patrick Henry)
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To: Ultra Sonic 007
Or did Trudeau just open his mouth and insert his foot?

When Trudeau opens his mouth it's not because he wants to take in a foot.

6 posted on 09/19/2023 10:24:30 AM PDT by libh8er
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To: Ultra Sonic 007
Trudeau said Canada was looking at "credible allegations potentially linking" the Indian state to Hardeep Singh Nijjar's murder.

Not something you blurt out until you have damning facts, not allegations.

7 posted on 09/19/2023 10:28:11 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Ultra Sonic 007
A prominent Sikh separatist leader in the western-most province of British Columbia, he publicly campaigned for Khalistan

In other words a sponsor of terror.

8 posted on 09/19/2023 10:28:51 AM PDT by libh8er
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

Justin is a Punch Drunk Pothead


9 posted on 09/19/2023 10:43:09 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: nickcarraway

On the lookout for clues. Sikh and ye shall find.


10 posted on 09/19/2023 10:45:36 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: 1Old Pro

Yeah, that hit me too.


11 posted on 09/19/2023 1:33:03 PM PDT by Paul R. (Bin Laden wanted Obama killed so the incompetent VP, Biden, would become President!)
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