Why India’s warnings about Sikh separatism don’t get much traction in the West
ichael Kugelman is director of the South Asia Institute at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C.
The current India-Canada crisis has exposed a sharp disconnect between India and the West on the issue of Sikh separatism.
Ever since Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alleged possible Indian involvement in the June assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh separatist leader in British Columbia, New Delhi has doubled down on a long-standing grievance: Canada is home to dangerous anti-India extremists that Ottawa refuses to curb. It is a controversial contention, and one that Ottawa has never endorsed
