Canada murder allegation is only helping Indian leader Modi at home

As the US and his allies worry CanadaFollowing accusations that India orchestrated the assassination of a Sikh separatist leader, the scandal is giving the Prime Minister a political boost. Narendra Modi.

India has gone on the offensive since Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused the Modi government of orchestrating the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a priest who advocated for an independent Sikh homeland in India and whom India called a terrorist in 2020. Although the Minister of Foreign Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar this week saying India was open to examining specific evidence and blamed Canada for failing to take action against extremists.