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That said, if the Conservative Party takes power in October, this issue may lose some of its importance.
Trudeau’s Liberal Party had relied on sections of the Canadian Sikh community that are dedicated to Khalistan. As a result, his party was, to some extent, beholden to that portion of the electorate.
The Conservative Party undoubtedly enjoys some support from within the Canadian Sikh community. However, they may not be such dedicated supporters of Khalistan. Furthermore, given the importance of India as an emerging economic power and Canada’s troubles with the People’s Republic of China on several fronts, including the possibility of election interference, a new government may well decide to let bygones be bygones. Can do.
How New Delhi chooses to respond to the new Canadian government’s proposal, regardless of its ideological leanings, will have a significant impact on the direction of India-Canadian relations.
(Sumit Ganguly is a Senior Fellow and directs the Huntington Program on Strengthening US-India Relations at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. This is an opinion article, and the views expressed above are those of the author. The Quint Neither endorses nor is responsible for them.)
