{"id":490483,"date":"2023-10-03T16:29:58","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T10:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=490483"},"modified":"2023-10-03T16:30:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T11:00:03","slug":"india-canada-diplomats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/india-canada-diplomats\/","title":{"rendered":"India-Canada ties: India asks Canada to withdraw 40 diplomats by October 10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>India has asked Canada to withdraw around 40 diplomats by October 10 as the diplomatic row between the two nations over Ottawa\u2019s allegations of New Delhi\u2019s involvement in the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada. According to reports India has threatened to remove the diplomatic immunity of any candian diplomat if they remained in India after October 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/India?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#India<\/a> tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Canada?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Canada<\/a>  to withdraw around 40 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/diplomats?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#diplomats<\/a> by October 10. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KeqGYt0h1f\">pic.twitter.com\/KeqGYt0h1f<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Smriti Sharma (@SmritiSharma_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SmritiSharma_\/status\/1709068398020440291?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 3, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada has currently a total of 62 diplomats in India. New Delhi has instructed Canada to decrease the number to 41 at their high commission. Boehm said PM Justin Trudeau does not expect to back down. He added India sees Canada as an easy mark. He said India is aware of Ottawa\u2019s limited capacity to retaliate because of the presence of a minority government in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trudeau is the leader of the Liberal Party. He shares power with Canadian Sikh leader and Indian origin Jagmeet Singh who is the head of the New Democratic Party in Canada. India had previously said it wanted an equal number of diplomats posted in the country and Canada. At the High commission in Delhi Canada has many diplomats compared to what India has in Ottawa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Diplomatic crisis between Canada and India emerged after Canadian PM Justin Trudeau said the Canadian agencies have been actively pursuing credible allegation of a potential link the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar and the Indian government. India had stated Nijjar as a terrorist in 2020. India rejected Canada\u2019s allegations and called them motivated and absurd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hardeep Singh Nijjar was the chief of the banned Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF). He was shot dead outside a Gurudwara in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada in the month of June. Ottawa expelled an Indian official over the case. India in response expelled a Canadian diplomat. Visa services were also expelled by the Indian government for Canadian citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada has currently a total of 62 diplomats in India. 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