Canada's claim will be ‘signifacant test for India-US relations’, say experts

US-based senior Defence Analyst Derek J. Grossman on Tuesday said Canada’s allegations regarding the Indian government’s involvement in the fatal shooting of Khalistan Tiger Force chief Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada “could be most significant test of strength of US-India partnership since early 2000s.”

The National security and Indo-Pacific analyst at RAND Corporation, an American nonprofit global policy think tank, posted on X: “Canada’s bombshell accusation today against India could be most significant test of strength of US-India partnership since early 2000s. That said, US will pull out all the stops to keep India close by its side to help counter China, which could mean staying out of this mess.”

An economics professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, Vivek Dehejia termed Canada's allegations against India 'explosive'.

In a post on X he said, "These are explosive allegations by Trudeau against India, as yet unproven. The already frayed bilateral relationship will take a nose dive, and the Indo-Canadian diaspora will be riven by this. Best for all of us to take a pause till the fact are known."


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