Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Robert Fife, Nancy Macdonald, Greg Mercer
Publication Date: May 7, 2024 - 06:00
India forced meeting about Sikh activists by keeping Trudeau’s plane in air during 2018 trip
May 7, 2024
India refused to let Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s plane land during a visit in 2018 unless he and his defence minister agreed to meet with a government official to air grievances about Sikh separatists in Canada, including Hardeep Singh Nijjar, according to a source with direct knowledge.During the meeting, India’s minister for the Punjab, Captain Amarinder Singh, handed Mr. Trudeau and then-defence minister Harjit Sajjan a dossier containing the names of about 10 Sikh activists whose activities the Indian government wanted curtailed, the source said.
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Another reason to tell India to FO.