{"id":161303,"date":"2024-10-25T12:20:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T12:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/25\/justin-trudeau-ruined-relations-between-india-canada-for-votes-former-punjab-cm-amarinder-singh\/"},"modified":"2024-10-25T12:20:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T12:20:03","slug":"justin-trudeau-ruined-relations-between-india-canada-for-votes-former-punjab-cm-amarinder-singh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/25\/justin-trudeau-ruined-relations-between-india-canada-for-votes-former-punjab-cm-amarinder-singh\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Trudeau ruined relations between India, Canada for votes: Former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1909\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-114587495,imgsize-189976.cms?fit=1909,1280&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Justin Trudeau ruined relations between India, Canada for votes: Former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh\" title=\"Justin Trudeau ruined relations between India, Canada for votes: Former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-brcount=\"20\">Former Punjab chief minister and senior BJP leader <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/amarinder-singh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amarinder Singh<\/a> lashed out at Canadian Prime Minister <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/panache\/panache-people-101\/justin-trudeau\/profileshow\/85618066.cms\" rel=\"noopener\">Justin Trudeau<\/a> on Friday for &#8220;ruining&#8221; the India-Canada ties, saying he is only interested in getting <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/sikh-votes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sikh votes<\/a> in elections. Singh&#8217;s remarks came amid frosty relations between India and Canada. <\/p>\n<p><style><![CDATA[\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand p, #stock_pro.onDemand p{font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.28;}\n    \t    .onDemand .live_stock{left:17px;padding:1px 3px 1px 5px;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;line-height:18px;top:9px}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{margin:0 auto 0;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{color: #024d99;margin-top:10px;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .crypto .live_stock .lb-icon{8px 6px 5px 3px !important}\n    \t    #sr_widget.crypto.onDemand a.text{border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;padding-bottom:5px;display:block;width:100%}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc .text p, #stock_pro.onDemand .sr_desc .text p{font-size:12px;font-weight:400;}\n    \t]]><\/style>\n<p><!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=toppotime:2-->India has recalled its high commissioner and five other diplomats from Canada after they were named as &#8220;persons of interest&#8221; in a Canadian investigation into the 2023 killing of <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/hardeep-singh-nijjar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hardeep Singh Nijjar<\/a>, a <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/khalistani\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Khalistani<\/a> terrorist who was a Canadian citizen, in British Columbia. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Trudeau has ruined the relationship (between India and Canada). Trudeau is interested in only one thing and that is getting the Sikh votes for his own election,&#8221; Singh said while replying to a reporter&#8217;s question on the diplomatic row between India and Canada. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He does not care what happens. He has done this earlier also. He is promoting Khalistanis. This is something that is not acceptable,&#8221; he said while talking to reporters in Khanna. <\/p>\n<p>Recalling his tenure as the Punjab chief minister, Singh said he had refused to meet the then <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/canadian-defence-minister\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadian defence minister<\/a> Harjit Sajjan during his visit to India and called him a &#8220;Khalistani sympathiser&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p><!--\/include_growfast.cms?pagename=article&skipcss=1potime:1--><br \/>&#8220;When I was in the government, the Canadian defence minister was on a visit to India. I had refused to meet him,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Canada and India had very friendly relations. It is Trudeau who ruined it,&#8221; Singh added. Recalling Trudeau&#8217;s visit to India in 2018, he said, &#8220;When Trudeau came here, he wanted to meet me. I said I do not want to meet him. He wanted to visit Punjab. Then the government of India took a stand and said if you do not go and meet the chief minister, you cannot go to Punjab. Then we had to meet.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>During his trip to Punjab, Trudeau and his family had visited the <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/golden-temple\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Golden Temple<\/a> in Amritsar. <\/p>\n<p>The relations between the two countries have plunged to their lowest level over Canada&#8217;s tacit support to Khalistani extremists among the large Sikh-Canadian population of about eight lakh. <\/p>\n<p>New Delhi accuses Ottawa of doing next to nothing to stop the activities of Khalistani supporters who seek to undermine the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India.<\/p>\n<style><![CDATA[\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand p, #stock_pro.onDemand p{font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.28;}\n    \t    .onDemand .live_stock{left:17px;padding:1px 3px 1px 5px;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;line-height:18px;top:9px}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{margin:0 auto 0;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{color: #024d99;margin-top:10px;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .crypto .live_stock .lb-icon{8px 6px 5px 3px !important}\n    \t    #sr_widget.crypto.onDemand a.text{border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;padding-bottom:5px;display:block;width:100%}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc .text p, #stock_pro.onDemand .sr_desc .text p{font-size:12px;font-weight:400;}\n    \t]]><\/style>\n<p><!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=botpotime:1--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/justin-trudeau-ruined-relations-between-india-canada-for-votes-former-punjab-cm-amarinder-singh\/articleshow\/114587495.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Punjab chief minister and senior BJP leader Amarinder Singh lashed out at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday for &#8220;ruining&#8221; the India-Canada ties, saying he is only interested in getting Sikh votes in elections. 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