Canada asked its closest allies to publicly condemn the killing of a Sikh leader in British Columbia, but the overtures were rebuffed.
Nijjar was designated a terrorist by Indian security agencies in 2020 and accused of supporting attacks in India’s Punjab state, home to about 16 million Sikhs. Indian authorities, who said Nijjar headed a group called the Khalistan Tiger Force, sought his extradition from Canada in 2022, the same year they linked him to the slaying of a Hindu priest in Punjab.
Months before Nijjar was shot by masked gunmen in the parking lot of a Sikh temple outside Vancouver, India ratcheted up a campaign to pressure countries including Canada, Australia, Britain and the United States – home to significant Sikh communities and frequent pro-Khalistan demonstrations – to crack down on the movement.
The controversy comes at an awkward moment as Western nations, led by the White House, are looking to woo India as a geopolitical and trade partner and have refrained from criticizing Modi over India’s authoritarian backsliding.Article content The G-20 summit, which took place Sept. 9 and 10, turned out to be fraught, with Trudeau visibly sidelined and denied formal, bilateral talks with Modi. The Indian prime minister’s office announced on Sept. 10 that the two leaders had discussed the Khalistan issue on the sidelines of the summit and that Modi had conveyed “India’s strong concerns about continuing anti-India activities of extremist elements in Canada.
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