Both countries ordered out six diplomats over Ottawa\u2019s allegations that New Delhi was targeting Indian dissidents on Canadian soil
\n OTTAWA
\nIndia\u2019s envoy to Canada, who is being expelled over what Ottawa says are links to the murder of a Sikh leader, insisted in an interview he was innocent and said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had wrecked bilateral political ties.
\nBoth countries on Monday ordered out six diplomats in tit-for-tat moves over Ottawa\u2019s allegations that New Delhi was targeting Indian dissidents on Canadian soil.
\nTrudeau specifically tied the six to the murder of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year in British Columbia. Sanjay Kumar Verma, India\u2019s envoy to Canada, told CTV that Trudeau had been relying on intelligence rather than evidence.
\n\u201cOn the basis of intelligence, if you want to destroy a relationship, be my guest. And that\u2019s what he did,\u201d Verma said in an interview broadcast on Sunday.
\nAsked whether he had had anything to with Nijjar\u2019s murder, Verma said: \u201cNothing at all. No evidence was presented. (This is) politically motivated.\u201d
\nCanada is home to the highest population of Sikhs outside their home state of Punjab and demonstrations in favor of a separate homeland carved out of India have irked New Delhi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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