Back in 2010, the then Prime Minister Dr Mammohan Singh had warned his Canadian counterpart Stephan Harper over the rising support among Canadian Sikhs for Khalistani elements active in Punjab.
Paintin a target on the Canadian Hindu community, Pannu claimed that the Canadian Hindus are working against the national interests of Canada and they are siding with India.
Trudeau tried a lot to have a joint statement against India along with his Five Eyes partners, but failed to get it, says a WaPo report quoting top Western official.
Interestingly, Sharif has joined ranks with his rival and Former PM Imran Khan who had also drawn comparisons between India and Pakistan. Lauding India’s decision to buy discounted oil from Russia, he praised New Delhi for its economic and diplomatic clout.
As per the latest projections from the website 338Canada, if elections are held in the near future, the Tories would take a majority of 179 seats against just 103 seats for the Liberals and 21 for the NDP.
Amid the heightened tensions between India and Canada caused by Trudeau's outrageous remark, it is worth noting that Canadian Parliamentarian Shuv Majumdar had almost prophesied that Justin Trudeau would embark on a fight with India after the G20 Summit in Delhi