What’s good for the goose should be good for the gander.
If one follows Justin Trudeau’s logic, India had the right to assassinate Hardeep Singh Nijjar and other Canadians New Delhi labels “terrorist”.
Canadian politicians and media have rightly denounced India’s assassinations in Canada. Recently the RCMP accused Indian diplomats of engaging in clandestine homicides and intimidation campaigns of Sikh dissidents. The revelations are part of an investigation into the June 2023 killing of Nijjar in Surrey, BC. Canadian police say India was responsible for the assassination of the prominent Sikh separatist.
While the Indian government technically denies its role in the killing, they simultaneously justified it. They labeled Nijjar a “terrorist” in 2020 and accused him of participating in “terror training camps” and violent separatist politics. Partly legitimating India’s claims, Ottawa put Nijjar on a no-fly list and froze his bank accounts.
The Indian government blames the Khalistani movement for a wave of violence in the 1980s. Reportedly, the bulk of Indians are hostile to Khalistani politics and sympathetic to their government adopting extreme measures to weaken it.
Irrespective of Indians’ perspective or any opinion they may have about Sikh separatism, Canadian political leaders rightly oppose the Indian government assassinating Canadians. Just because the Indian government labels someone a terrorist and most of that country’s public is hostile to it that doesn’t make it okay to assassinate them internationally.
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Bad for India to kill ‘terrorists’ abroad but not Israel?
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