India-Canada: Trudeau's "perverse politics" threatens relations, says Samir Saran | GZERO World
Even before Canada's murder allegation, its relations with India were already tense. Subscribe to GZERO on YouTube: / @gzeromedia Sign up for GZERO Daily (free newsletter on global politics): https://rebrand.ly/gzeronewsletter India-Canada relations have hit a crisis point following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s bombshell allegation in September that India was responsible for the murder of a Sikh leader, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in British Columbia last June. The fallout was swift: India’s foreign ministry dismissed the accusation as “absurd,” both countries expelled top diplomats, and tensions have escalated significantly. “Friends don’t do this in public,” Samir Saran, President of the Observer Research Foundation think tank, tells Ian Bremmer on GZERO World. “This was something that should have always been in the private mode.” Relations between the two countries were already tense before the allegations. India has long been pushing Ottawa to be more assertive in curtailing the Khalistan movement within Canada–a separatist movement with the goal of establishing an independent Sikh state in India’s Punjab region. The Khalistani movement is considered a terrorist organization by the Indian government, and Saran explains it's so problematic to the Indian public that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has broad support to respond forcefully to Canada’s allegations, even within the political opposition. But despite the growing tension, Saran believes there will always be a link between the two democracies. “I don’t think this is about India or Indians having any problems with Canada,” Saran says. “I think it’s the Trudeau government’s perverse politics being brought into the spotlight in this part of the world.” Watch the full interview: Can the India-Canada relationship be fixed after a suspicious murder? • Can the India-Canada relationship be fixed... Catch GZERO World with Ian Bremmer every week on YouTube • GZERO World with Ian Bremmer: full episodes You can also watch the show at https://gzeromedia.com/gzeroworld and on US public television. Check local listings. Want to know more about global news and why it matters? Follow us on: Instagram: / gzeromedia Twitter: / gzeromedia TikTok: / gzeromedia Facebook: / gzeromedia LinkedIn: / gzeromedia Threads: https://threads.net/@gzeromedia Subscribe to our YouTube channel and turn on notifications (🔔): / @gzeromedia Sign up for GZERO Daily (free newsletter on global politics): https://rebrand.ly/gzeronewsletter GZERO Media is a multimedia publisher providing news, insights and commentary on the events shaping our world. Our properties include GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, our newsletter GZERO Daily, Puppet Regime, the GZERO World Podcast, In 60 Seconds and GZEROMedia.com #GZEROWorld #IndiaCanada #HardeepSinghNijjar
