India tells Canada to withdraw 41 diplomats amid Nijjar row

An individual with knowledge of the situation stated on Tuesday that India has ordered Canada to withdraw 41 of its 62 diplomats currently stationed there, escalating tensions between the two nations over Canadian accusations that India may have been involved in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in suburban Vancouver.

India tells Canada to withdraw 41 diplomats amid Nijjar row

Today between India and Canada, reports suggest dozens more Canadian diplomats are being asked to leave India. Our Jaden Lee Lincoln is following this story for us today and joins us now with the latest. Hi Jaden, so what’s happening today? Hi Candace, it was reported by the Financial Times on Tuesday. New Delhi has instructed Ottawa to repatriate roughly 41 diplomats by next Tuesday, October 10th. Canadian intelligence suggests that Indian government agents had a role in the June killing of a Canadian citizen and six separatist leaders, Hardeep Singh Najar, on Canadian soil.

Najar had been labeled as a terrorist by India. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came out publicly a couple of weeks ago with what he called credible allegations that India’s government was involved in the killing. The government expelled a top Indian diplomat from Canada almost immediately after, and India expelled a Canadian diplomat in return. India has denied Trudeau’s allegations. According to the Financial Times, recently reported Canada has 62 diplomats currently in India, and that country has said the total should be reduced by 41.

India gives ultimatum to Canada, demands reduction in staff

The Indians demanded that Canada reduce its diplomatic strength in the country amid the escalating diplomatic graph between the two nations, which erupted, remember after Canadian President Justin Trudeau linked the government of India to the murder of the Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Niger on Canadian territory. Now, according to reports, India has given a deadline to Canada, asking it to withdraw at least about 40 diplomats from the country by the 10th of October. Failing to do so would result in the revocation of diplomatic immunity of diplomats who remain in the country after that.

This is not the first time that such a demand has, in fact, been made. Earlier, when the controversy broke up, India’s foreign ministry said that it wanted parity in the number of diplomatic staff stationed in each other’s country while announcing a visa ban for all Canadians to come and visit India. Now, according to reports, Canada has around 62 diplomats who are posted in India. It has a big consulate section at its high commission in New Delhi that is needed for the relatives of roughly 1.3 million Canadians who claim Indian heritage.

While either nation is yet to confirm reports of staff reduction, if true, this latest move threatens to significantly intensify the crisis, which broke out after Trudeau’s claim on the 18th of September that Canada was investigating what Justin Trudeau described as credible allegations that agents linked to the government of India were directly involved in the murder of the Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Niger, a Canadian citizen in the Vancouver suburb in June.

Beyond that, Civil has been tracking the story very closely. For his insights, as this report indicates, the India-Canada relationship remains frozen in the aftermath of the comments made by the Canadian Prime Minister. Now, we know that reports have emerged that India has asked for a reduction in the number of Canadian diplomats based here in India. Now, in the week where we saw the Canadian Prime Minister making those allegations linking India with the death of Khalistani Niger, India had called for parity in the number of Canadian diplomats with the number of Indian diplomats in Canada.

India has pointed out how there is a large number of Canadian diplomats present here in India concerning the Indian diplomats in Canada. This is something that has been an ongoing process in terms of bringing parity, but all in all, when it comes to the Indian stance over the ongoing situation, India has called on Canada to provide evidence. So far, there hasn’t been any word from the Canadian Prime Minister or the Canadian government. With video journalist Under Shekhar Vidhan, Civil for Beyond in New Delhi. Beyond is now available in your country.

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