If the Indian government is shown to have killed Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, relations with the West will enter a new, difficult phase.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s dramatic statement in parliament that there were “credible allegations” Indian intelligence was behind the murder of a radical Sikh activist in British Columbia came as a shock to many in India for a couple of reasons. For one thing, most of us Indians still believe that we’re the good guys and our government doesn’t do this kind of thing.
Narendra Modi welcomes Justin Trudeau upon his arrival at the G20 Summit in New Delhi on September 9.Everyone knew that he meant, in particular, the homes of extremists living abroad. That was followed quickly by an air force raid into Pakistani territory that targeted a supposed terrorist training centre. The mission was wildly popular: leaders in Modi’s party argued that it helped them sweep general elections a few weeks later.
The chances are, though, that in stonewalling the Canadians, we may come off less like Israel and more like OJ Simpson: not achieving plausible deniability so much as engaging in an “if I did it” celebration that cements our guilt in the world’s mind.
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